This is an analysis of Gold Seekers, The * by Ina D. Coolbrith.
Long weary leagues across the treacherous plain,
Long weary leagues across the treacherous sea,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcX dede fgfg hi hi gXgX aXab gege fcfc bhbh jdjd keke fifi dhdh X
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,2,2,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,
- Metre: 11010101001 11010101001 1101010101 1001000100 1011110111 11010100101 1101111111 0101000101 11010011100 1111011111 1101001111 11010100111 11000010111 01100000101 111010101 0101010001 111100101 0101101101 0101010101 1011000101 1111010001 1101010111 1101000111 1001000100 1111011101 0111110111 0101111101 0101111101 0111011101 0101000101 0111110111 0101010101 1011011101 1001011101 111100111 1010010101001 1100110101 1001010101 0101100101 0101000101 1011010101 0101010011 1101110111 111110101 1101011101 1111010101 01110101001 0111001011 0101111101 0101010111 1011000101 1101000101 0111011111 1101011101 1011011101 0101110001 010001010101101001010001010
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 16
- Lines: 58
Repeated words/phrases
gold, and, to, of, s, from
Anaphora
long, and, of, from, the
