This is an analysis of Amelia Jane by David McKee Wright.
In the lands away beyond the sea, where Khan and Sultan rule,
Where they drink their coffee thick and black, and sip the sherbet cool,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: AABBCC Xdeedd eeffgg hhhhXe iieejj jjddXdXAABBCC
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Metre: 001010101111101 111110111110101 1111001111110101 1010101111100101 010101011111001001 1100101110100101 0010100101010101 1101001011010101 011100101111111 101011111010111 1001011111101001 1110100101101101 100100101100111 0010011010010100101 1001001011001101 10110100100110100101 10101101010101001 11111110111010111 10010010111100111 1111101010010101 0101101011100101 11101010111100101 01101010010111101 1101001010101001 1001010111111011 100111010010111 11011010110100111 11111111111101101 11101001011010101 11011110100101001 101100101111010001 1101100110111110111 11100111101111001001 11001011111100101 101011110011111101 0010100100110110101 001010101111101 111110111110101 1111001111110101 1010101111100101 010101011111001001 1100101110100101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 42
Repeated words/phrases
and, of, she, to, her, in
Anaphora
once, she