Analysis of Canada
Emily Pauline Johnson 1861 – 1913
Crown of her, young Vancouver; crest of her, old Quebec;
Atlantic and far Pacific sweeping her, keel to deck.
North of her, ice and arctics; southward a rival's stealth;
Aloft, her Empire's pennant; below, her nation's wealth.
Daughter of men and markets, bearing within her hold,
Appraised at highest value, cargoes of grain and gold.
| Scheme | AABBCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Acrostic Sestain |
| Metre | 1101010110101 01001010100111 110101100101 01010010010101 1011010100101 011101011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 354 |
| Words | 58 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 44 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 261 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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