This is an analysis of Johnson's Boy by James Whitcomb Riley.
The world is turned ag'in' me,
And people says, 'They guess…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaXcacX dedefafX dededadX dadaXadX XaXagagX caeababX
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 0101101 110111 1101001 111000 1101110 110101 10010010 010101 1111110 1011111 1101010 111111 1100110 110101 1111010 011101 1111010 1011101 1111110 1110101 1101010 010101 11111010 110101 1111110 0110001 1101010 1101001 1111110 1010111 1111010 111101 010010100 1101001 1111010 110101 1111110 0011101 0110010 010101 1011010 11011 111001 110101 1101100 111111 1111010 101101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 48
Anaphora
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