Analysis of American Poets: Longfellow
James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906
Like fruit that's large and ripe and mellow,
Sweet and luscious is Longfellow,
Melodious songs he oft did pour,
And high was his Excelsior.
He shows us in his psalm of life
The folly of our selfish strife;
With Hiawatha we bewail
His suffering in great Indian tale;
Indian nation was forlorn
Till great spirit planted corn.
| Scheme | AABCDDAEFF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 111101010 1010110 010011111 01110100 11101111 010110101 101011 1100011001 10010101 1110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 331 |
| Words | 59 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 259 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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