This is an analysis of The Boy Columbus by Madison Julius Cawein.

And he had mused on lands each bird,
That winged from realms of Falerina,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXaaX Xbccb dbddb cXccX aeXae dfddf
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Metre: 11111111 110101000 101000101 00111111 111100010 11011110 110101110 01011101 11010101 100101010 11000111 0101001110 11010101 11011111 010101010 11011101 010101110 11110111 11010111 11011101 110011001 010100010 11110100 01001101 110011110 11011001 111101010 01011011 11010101 011100010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 30

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