This is an analysis of Ragamuffin by Madison Julius Cawein.

There's a boy that you must know,
Always ragged, dirty too;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbbcbCXXdd X beebffbcbCXXdd X ghhghhacaCXXii X bhhXdXecXCXXjj
  • Stanza lengths: 14,1,14,1,14,1,14,
  • Metre: 1011111 1110101 1010111 1111101 1110101 1010101 1011101 1110101 1110101 1000001 10001000 111111010 1011101 1110101 1 1010111 1010101 10111101 1010101 1111101 1011111 1111011 1011101 1110110 1000001 10001000 11111010 11101001 1111101 1 1111101 1000101 1010111 1110101 1010100 1010001 1011101 1010001 0110101 1000001 10001000 11101110 1010111 1111101 1 1011111 1110101 11101001 1001100 1010111 1011111 10010101 1010111 1111111 1000001 10001000 11101010 1011001 1111111
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 59

Repeated words/phrases

some, ragamuffin, and

Anaphora

ragamuffin, some