This is an analysis of Thinkin' Back by James Whitcomb Riley.
I've ben thinkin' back, of late,
S'prisin'!--And I'm here to state…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbXacc ddeeffggeeeehhggbb ffggaa cciibbgggg
- Stanza lengths: 8,18,6,10,
- Metre: 1110101 1010101 0010001 0110101 0110011 0110101 1011101 1111101 1010111 1010101 1011111 1110101 1111100 0110111 111111 1111101 1000001 0111101 11000101 1110101 1110101 0010111 1011101 1110111 1010111 1110111 1011101 1111111 10010111 0010101 0111101 1110101 1011101 0010111 1011111 1101101 1110101 0111111 1111101 1111101 1011111 1110101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 42
Repeated words/phrases
as, still, they
Anaphora
of, still
