Analysis of A Full Harvest
James Whitcomb Riley 1849 (Greenfield) – 1916 (Indianapolis)
Seems like a feller'd ort 'o jes' to-day
Git down and roll and waller, don't you know,
In that-air stubble, and flop up and crow,
Seein' sich craps! I'll undertake to say
There're no wheat's ever turned out thataway
Afore this season!--Folks is keerless tho',
And too fergitful--'caze we'd ort 'o show
More thankfulness!--Jes' looky hyonder, hey?--
And watch that little reaper wadin' thue
That last old yaller hunk o' harvest-ground--
Jes' natchur'ly a-slicin' it in-two
Like honey-comb, and gaumin' it around
The field--like it had nothin' else to do
On'y jes' waste it all on me and you!
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Metre | 110111111 1101010111 0111001101 11111011 101110111 11101111 01111111 111111 011101011 111111101 1101101 110101101 0111110111 1111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 585 |
Words | 104 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 440 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 99 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 08, 2023
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