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 |
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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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