Analysis of The Twins
James Whitcomb Riley 1849 (Greenfield) – 1916 (Indianapolis)
One 's the pictur' of his Pa,
And the _other_ of her Ma--
Jes the bossest pair o' babies 'at a mortal ever saw!
And we love 'em as the bees
Loves the blossoms of the trees,
A-ridin' and a-rompin' in the breeze!
One's got her Mammy's eyes--
Soft and blue as Apurl-skies--
With the same sort of a smile, like--Yes,
and mouth about her size,--
Dimples, too, in cheek and chin,
'At my lips jes _wallers_ in,
A-goin' to work, er gittin' home agin.
And the _other_--Well, they say
That he's got his Daddy's way
O' bein' ruther soberfied, er ruther extry gay,--
That he either cries his best,
Er he laughs his howlin'est--
Like all he lacked was buttons and a vest!
Look at _her_!--and look at _him_!--
Talk about yer 'Cheru-_bim_!'
Roll 'em up in dreams together, rosy arm and chubby limb!
O we love 'em as the bees
Loves the blossoms of the trees,
A-ridin' and a-rompin' in the breeze!
Scheme | aaxbBB ccxcddx eeefff gggbBB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101111 001101 10111101010101 0111101 1010101 01001001 11011 101111 101110111 010101 1010101 111110 011101101 001111 1111101 1110101011 1110111 01111 1111110001 1110111 101111 111010101010101 1111101 1010101 01001001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 864 |
Words | 171 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 7, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 161 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 02, 2023
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