Analysis of A Parent Reprimanded
James Whitcomb Riley 1849 (Greenfield) – 1916 (Indianapolis)
Sometimes I think 'at Parents does
Things ist about as bad as _us_--
Wite 'fore our vurry eyes, at that!
Fer one time Pa he scold' my Ma
'Cause he can't find his hat;
An' she ist _cried_, she did! An' I
Says, 'Ef you scold my Ma
Ever again an' make her cry,
Wy, you sha'n't _be_ my Pa!'
An' nen he laugh' an' find his hat
Ist wite where Ma she said it's at!
| Scheme | AA BCBDCDCBB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01111101 11011111 11101111 11111111 111111 11111111 111111 10011101 11111111 11111111 11111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 355 |
| Words | 79 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 9 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 127 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 28, 2023
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