This is an analysis of Philiper Flash by James Whitcomb Riley.
Young Philiper Flash was a promising lad,
His intentions were good--but oh, how sad…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbaccaaa dXeedffggg hhaXXbbiiX hXgghaaffX jjXXjaXddX hhgghXXaaa iijjiaajjj ddXXXffhhX hXaaXgXkkXXhhffhaaddd
- Stanza lengths: 10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,21,
- Metre: 11001101001 0010001111 101001 10101 1100101111 110110101 1100110101 001011 10101 0101111111 11001011001 0111110101 00101 001001 11101001011 101001011001 1110111101 11101 011001 1011010101 11011011 10111001001 11011 111010 1110001001 10100100101 11110111 11011 00111 01111111001 110011111 10011001010 111001 1111 01100111001 11011101 10010111101 111111 01111 1010110101 10101011001 1111001001 11101 11101 001001011101 11010101 01101101111 11001 001001 11001111001 11101001011 1101001001 101001 11001 110110111 111101001001 1010010110110 1111 01011 10110100111 1100110101 1110101001 001011 1101 11000100101 11100101101 0101001001 11001 11011 0100100101 011111001 1111010111 1101 111001 00101101001 1100100101 011110111 1101 11101 110111101 1100110101 110001011 1101 10111 00111110101 010101001 1010110010 1111 11001 110111101 11001101001 110010111 111111 101011 11011001001 01001011111 100101111 11001 001001 10100101101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 100
Repeated words/phrases
as, he, his, ', her, i, and
Anaphora
and, a
Epiphora
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