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Extremes

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

I

A little boy once played so loud
That the Thunder, up in a thunder-cloud,
Said, 'Since I can't be heard, why, then
I'll never, never thunder again!'

II

And a little girl once kept so still
That she heard a fly on the window-sill
Whisper and say to a lady-bird,--
'She's the stilliest child I ever heard!'

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABB CCDD
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 305
Words 63
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
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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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