This is an analysis of The Kingfisher by Francis Joseph Sherman.
Under the sun, the Kingfisher
From his high place was watching her.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Aa bcb cc dcd cc efe ff ghg hh aa d ijii e kekk b ebee a a dfdf f dhdh h lelX e efef f ecec c jmdm XXAa
- Stanza lengths: 2,3,2,3,2,3,2,3,2,2,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,4,
- Metre: 10010110 00111100 11110111 11110101 11110101 11010101 11010111 11110111 11111101 01010101 01011101 10010111 01011101 11010101 01110001 11010101 110011101 01110001 11011101 01110101 01010101 10101101 00110110 11101110 11011110 01110111 01100100 11010100 11110101 01101101 01110111 11011101 10111101 01001101 111111001 01000111 10010100 01011111 01010111 11010110 11111110 01010111 11010101 10011101 11010101 01100101 11010011 01011111 11111111 11100101 01111001 11110101 00111011 01011111 11011100 10110101 10110101 11110101 01110100 11010100 01010101 11110111 10010101 01110101 11010101 11110101 11011100 11010111 101101011 11000101 10111000 10010110 11111100
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 31
- Lines: 86
Repeated words/phrases
and, her, he
Anaphora
and
