This is an analysis of Alaskan Balladry by Eugene Field.
Krinken was a little child,-
It was summer when he smiled.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: AABbcXcdd ccaacCXXccX AAccbbbb dDaaccdDdee fc fcc AABbcXdDaAAccC
- Stanza lengths: 9,11,8,11,2,3,14,
- Metre: 1010101 0110111 1010111 1011101 1011101 1111101 1011101 1010101 1010101 1010111 1010111 1010111 0010101 1110111 1010111 1010101 1110101 1011101 0010110 1010101 1010101 1010101 1010011 1110001 1010111 0010101 1110101 1010111 1011111 0010101 1011101 1110111 1110101 1010111 1010101 0010101 1010101 0010101 1110011 0 111001 0 111101 1110100 1010101 1010101 1010111 1010101 1011101 1111101 1011111 0010101 1011111 1010101 0110111 1110001 10101001 1010111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 58
Repeated words/phrases
on, and, summer
Anaphora
and
