Analysis of Mistress of Acadia (longfellow)
Douglas Blair 1951 (London)
Fixed on the trail and following
Through swamp and plain and ridge
The pretty young Evangeline
Engaged for marriage.
Her stalwart, loving Beloved
Evicted by the Brits
From Fundy’s shore
To rich folklore
Acadians in fits
Of vengeance, long and pining.
Now did she find her man?
A plague hit Philadelphia.
One nurse maid grasped his hand.
So Love had done the gambit
From amorous to serve.
Sweet dear had found her heart’s wish.
In time to calm his nerve.
| Scheme | ABCBDEFFEAGHIJKLK |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010100 110101 0101010 01110 0101001 010101 111 111 101 1101010 111101 0110100 111111 1111010 110011 1111011 011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 457 |
| Words | 87 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 17 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 362 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 80 |
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Written on January 23, 2023
Submitted by dougb.72572 on January 23, 2023
Modified by dougb.72572 on January 23, 2023
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