This is an analysis of Old Man's Nursery Rhyme by James Whitcomb Riley.
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In the jolly winters…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a BCcCdece X BFdfedXd X ccCgfbf X BFXfbbgb a XgggbCcC
- Stanza lengths: 1,8,1,8,1,7,1,8,1,8,
- Metre: 1 001010 00101 0111111 111 111010 1101 0101101 1100111 1 001010 00111 111110 00111 100101 111010 110111 01110 1 00101000101 1011111 111 110111 10101 110111 11101 1 001010 00111 1011010 10101 1101010 1111 1001011 1111 1 110101 10111 100101 10101 101010 00101 1011111 111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 44
Repeated words/phrases
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