This is an analysis of Thoughts Fer The Discuraged Farmer by James Whitcomb Riley.

The summer winds is sniffin' round the bloomin'
locus' trees;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xaabccaaaaa bdedbffeeXee ccghhXeeee iccccajXjgkkXeecciidcd
  • Stanza lengths: 11,12,10,22,
  • Metre: 01010101010 101 101000100011101 11001010011110 1 11100110110111 0101011101110 1 1110101010111 101100101010011 10110010100110 11101010111010 1 11101110111 0101 11100010111010 1 11100011110101 101111111010101 111010001010101 10110110101010 1 101010101010101 100111101101 101001101101 10101010101010 1 01101010111100 110101010110 1 11010100010011 1011001110111 00111110101011 101011011111 1 101001101001 101111100010001 0101010110101 0010101011101 11 101010111111 101 01101010001010 1 101001001110001 1111110100011 01010101010101 11111110010001 11010111110101 1100110010011 1110101011101 101010101010101 10101010011111 11
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 54

Repeated words/phrases

and, up, theyr

Anaphora

and