Analysis of An Impetuous Resolve

James Whitcomb Riley 1849 (Greenfield) – 1916 (Indianapolis)



When little Dickie Swope's a man,
He's go' to be a Sailor;
An' little Hamey Tincher, he's
A-go' to be a Tailor:
Bud Mitchell, he's a-go' to be
A stylish Carriage-Maker;
An' when _I_ grow a grea'-big man,
I'm go' to be a Baker!

An' Dick'll buy his sailor-suit
O' Hame; and Hame'll take it
An' buy as fine a double-rigg
As ever Bud can make it:
An' nen all three'll drive roun' fer me
An' we'll drive off togevver,
A-slingin' pie-crust 'long the road
Ferever an' ferever!


Scheme ABXBCBAB XDXDCBXB
Poetic Form
Metre 11010101 1111010 1101101 0111010 11010111 0101010 11110111 1111010 1111101 110111 11110101 1101111 11111111 11111 0111101 111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 462
Words 90
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 8
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 169
Words per stanza (avg) 44
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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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