This is an analysis of California's Greeting To Seward by Francis Bret Harte.
We know him well: no need of praise
Or bonfire from the windy hill…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd aeae efef bgbg hfhf aaaa iaiX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11111101 111000101 01010111 01111101 11010111 11100111 110010101 01110101 11011101 0111011 11010101 11010100 11010101 01010101 01010101 01010101 01110001 01110101 11010111 11110100 11010101 010010101 01110111 01101100 01000101 10010001 01000101 01110001 11011101 01111111 01101101 01100111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
his, sunset, in
Anaphora
the
