This is an analysis of The Landsman by Francis Joseph Sherman.
“It well may be just as you say,
Will Carver, that your tales are true;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab c dcd Xb Xb efe f adad egeg h bhb ad ad iai a jXjc eeee X kak fd fd Xed Xe
- Stanza lengths: 4,1,3,2,2,3,1,4,4,1,3,2,2,3,1,4,4,1,3,2,2,3,2,
- Metre: 01101111 01011111 11111101 01001101 01110101 01011111 01111101 00110011 11011011 01010111 01111000 01010101 11101111 11011111 11010111 01010101 11111101 11111111 11111011 11010001 11010011 11111101 11101111 10111101 11110001 01010111 11011111 11010111 110100111 01000101 01011111 01001111 11111101 11011110 11110111 110011001 11110111 1101100 11011001 11011101 11101101 11111111 11010101 11010101 011111000 01010111 10011111 10010011 01111111 11111101 01010101 01110101 11011110 010111010 11111011 100100101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 23
- Lines: 67
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
lest, the
