This is an analysis of Mr. What's-His-Name by James Whitcomb Riley.
They called him Mr. What's-his-name:
From where he was, or why he came,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eXcc aadd ffgg cchh iidd aagg iiee gggg ccdd ffdd ddgg ddeeXccaa
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11110101 01111111 11111101 11100101 11011101 00110001 11011101 10010101 01011101 01001100 11001100 01011101 01110101 01110101 11010101 11001101 11011101 11010101 1101101 11010111 11011101 11110101 11111101 10111101 011101001 101101101 01000101 01010111 11110101 01010101 11110101 01010101 11111111 10011101 01110100 11010100 11110111 01100111 11010111 010011011 11010101 11010101 01010111 11111101 11011101 10011111 10111101 01111101 01111101 10110001 11010111 10110011 11110101 10010001 01110000 11010100 11111101 01010101 11110101 11110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 15
- Lines: 60
Repeated words/phrases
he, or, his, and
Anaphora
and
