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
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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James Whitcomb Riley

James Whitcomb Riley was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the "Hoosier Poet" and "Children's Poet" for his dialect works and his children's poetry respectively. more…

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