This is an analysis of Old October by James Whitcomb Riley.
Old October's purt' nigh gone,
And the frosts is comin' on…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: AabXccdXddaA EeffbbggddeE ggggggXdeegg
- Stanza lengths: 12,12,12,
- Metre: 1010111 1010101 101001001 1110100 1010101 1010111 1110011 10010111 1010001 10101001 1011101 1010111 1110101 1110101 1011101 1110001 1110101 1111111 1010111 0010001 1000101 1010111 1010101 1110101 1110001 1010111 1110111 10100101 1010101 1110101 1010010 10110111 1110111 11001101 11111001 1010111
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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