Analysis of Mysterious doings
Eugene Field 1850 (St. Louis) – 1895 (Chicago)
As once I rambled in the woods
I chanced to spy amid the brake
A huntsman ride his way beside
A fair and passing tranquil lake;
Though velvet bucks sped here and there,
He let them scamper through the green--
Not one smote he, but lustily
He blew his horn--what could it mean?
As on I strolled beside that lake,
A pretty maid I chanced to see
Fishing away for finny prey,
Yet not a single one caught she;
All round her boat the fishes leapt
And gambolled to their hearts' content,
Yet never a thing did the maid but sing--
I wonder what on earth it meant.
As later yet I roamed my way,
A lovely steed neighed loud and long,
And an empty boat sped all afloat
Where sang a fishermaid her song;
All underneath the prudent shade,
Which yonder kindly willows threw,
Together strayed a youth and maid--
I can't explain it all, can you?
Scheme | XAXAXBXB ACDCXEXE DFXFGHGH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110001 11110101 01011101 01010101 11011101 11110101 111111 11111111 11110111 01011111 1001111 11010111 11010101 0111110 1100110111 11011111 11011111 01011101 011011101 110101 1010101 1101011 01010101 11011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 826 |
Words | 160 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 215 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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