This is an analysis of Sailor And Shade by Eugene Field.
SAILOR
You, who have compassed land and sea,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X aabacdeddfXfafcghghg g hiiieagaajbjdaga
- Stanza lengths: 1,20,1,16,
- Metre: 10 111100111 111001 11110101 110101 010010111 1010101 111101001 111101 010010101 010101 11111110 110101 01111101 111001 01110101 111111 11011101 110101 100111111 010001 1 010101001 1011101 11111111 110101 11110101 110110 101011111 1100101 01110111 110011 11011111 1101001 11100101 110111 01111111 110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 39
