This is an analysis of Tugg Martin by James Whitcomb Riley.
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Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a bbbXbbaa X XbcddeaXXaa X bbccddfggff X cbcgddbX a bhiihiXXjXjXXXbckck a iXXlaleaaaaaX X iffiffcfcfdX
- Stanza lengths: 1,8,1,11,1,11,1,8,1,19,1,13,1,12,
- Metre: 1 11011111 1111 01110111 10001101 01010111 0111 11010101 111011 1 11110111 01001101 1001 11011101 10100101 11010100 01011101 10111001 11110100 111111101 1111 1 01011101 0111 01010111 11101111 111111 1101 10010101 11011101 1111 110111011 11111101 1 11111001 11011101 11011110 11110111 11001 1111 11001101 11010101 1 11110111 0111 1111 1001 10111001 1111 10111111 111111 01111101 1111 110101 11111100 110011010 111010 11110 11011111 10111101 11010101 1 1 11111110 01111111 11111111 11010101 0101001 1100111 11111010100 1111 1011011111 111011 1101101 01100101 11111100 1 010111001 1111 1011 1111 110110101 111101 11111100 110111111 11011101 0111111111 0100111111011 111011
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 14
- Lines: 93
Repeated words/phrases
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