Analysis of Dawn, Noon And Dewfall

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



Dawn, noon and dewfall! Bluebird and robin
Up and at it airly, and the orchard-blossoms bobbin'!
Peekin' from the winder, half-awake, and wishin'
I could go to sleep agin as well as go a-fishin'!

On the apern o' the dam, legs a-danglin' over,
Drowsy-like with sound o' worter and the smell o' clover:
Fish all out a visitin'--'cept some dratted minnor!
Yes, and mill shet down at last and hands is gone to dinner.

Trompin' home acrost the fields: Lightnin'-bugs a-blinkin'
In the wheat like sparks o' things feller keeps a-thinkin':--
Mother waitin' supper, and the childern there to cherr me!
And fiddle on the kitchen-wall a-jist a-eechin' fer me!


Scheme AAAA BBBB AXCC
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 11011010 1011100101010 1101010101 1111101111101 10110110110 1011111001110 111011111 10111110111110 111011101 0011111101010 101100011111 01010101010111
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 655
Words 116
Sentences 11
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 41
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 163
Words per stanza (avg) 37
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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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