This is an analysis of September Dark by James Whitcomb Riley.

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The air falls chill;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabbb Xbbbccc XdddeeX
  • Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,
  • Metre: 1 0111 0100 1100000101 0111 0101 11010001 1 11001 0111 01111101 1111 01001 11000101 1 1101 1101 11010101 1111 0101 11111000
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 21

Anaphora

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