Analysis of Ridden Down
Ellis Parker Butler 1869 (Muscatine) – 1937 (Williamsville)
When I taught Ida how to ride a
Bicycle that night,
I ran beside her, just to guide her
Erring wheel aright;
And many times there in the street
She rode upon my weary feet.
But now can Ida mount and ride a
Wheel with graceful ease,
And I, untiring in admiring,
Fall upon my knees
To worship her,—and, for her part,
She rides upon my proffered heart!
Scheme | ABXBCC ADXDEE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101110 10011 110101110 1011 01011001 11011101 111101010 11101 0110010 10111 11000101 11011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 348 |
Words | 71 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 135 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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