This is an analysis of Alaskan Balladry, No.1 by Eugene Field.
The Northland reared his hoary head
And spied the Southland leagues away-…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaX abaX cbcB dbdX bebe fbfX eXeg gdgd cdcdXfbfB
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 01110101 11011101 100111011 111111 10011111 11011101 11110011 111101 010110101 01010101 11011101 111111 110011101 11000101 11011101 111111 11001111001 110011101 011100101 010111 1011110111 110011101 111111101 111111 1010011101 010011101 1111100111 0110111 10011101 00100100101 010100111 01010001 110101111 111100101 011100101 1101101 011110111 10100101101 101111101 111111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
sea, that
Anaphora
the
