Analysis of Sister Jones's Confession
James Whitcomb Riley 1849 (Greenfield) – 1916 (Indianapolis)
I thought the deacon liked me, yit
I warn't adzackly shore of it--
Fer, mind ye, time and time agin,
When jiners 'ud be comin' in,
I'd seed him shakin' hands as free
With all the sistern as with me!
But jurin' last Revival, where
He called on _me_ to lead in prayer,
An' kneeled there with me, side by side,
A-whisper'n' 'he felt sanctified
Jes' tetchin of my gyarment's hem,'--
That settled things as fur as them-
Thare other wimmin was concerned!--
And--well!--I know I must a-turned
A dozen colors!--_Flurried_?--_la_!--
No mortal sinner never saw
A gladder widder than the one
A-kneelin' there and wonderun'
Who'd pray'--So glad, upon my word,
I railly could n't thank the Lord!
Scheme | AABCDDEEAAFFAAGHIBAA |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (35%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11010111 1111111 11110101 111110 1111111 1101111 1110101 11111101 11111111 0101111 111111 11011111 1101101 01111101 0101011 11010101 0110101 01101 11110111 11111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 671 |
Words | 127 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 505 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 119 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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