This is an analysis of Winter Fancies by James Whitcomb Riley.

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbcdcdcaaa X XeeeXfff X ghghiibaab X ededjbjb
  • Stanza lengths: 1,11,1,8,1,10,1,8,
  • Metre: 1 1001 1101 0111 10101 0111 10101 10111 10101 1001 01001 110100101 1 111000 101 111 100111111 11000 1001 111 110110111 1 0111 01101 1001 00101 1100100101 111101111 0101 0101 0101 01000110100 1 1111 1111 1111 11111 11011 01101 101101 001001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 41

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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