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
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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Ellis Parker Butler

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