Analysis of From 'Down the River'
Susie Frances Harrison 1859 (Toronto) – 1935 (May 5, 1935 Toronto)
Gatineau Point
A HALF-BREED, slim, and sallow of face,
Alphonse lies full length on his raft,
The hardy son of a hybrid race.
Lithe and long, with the Indian grace,
Versed in the varied Indian craft,
A half-breed, slim, and sallow of face,
He nurses within mad currents that chase–
The swift, the sluggish–a foreign graft,
This hardy son of a hybrid race.
What southern airs, what snows embrace
Within his breast–soft airs that waft
The half-breed–slim, and sallow of face,
Far from the Gatineau's foaming base!
And what strong potion hath he quaffed,
This hardy son of a hybrid race,
That upon this sun-baked blistered place
He sleeps, with his hand on the burning haft,
A Metis–slim and sallow of face,
The hardy son of a hybrid race!
Scheme | aBcB bcB bcB bxb baB bcbB |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 11 01110111 01111111 010110101 101101001 100101001 01110111 1100111011 010100101 110110101 11011101 01111111 01110111 1101101 01110111 110110101 101111101 1111110101 01010111 010110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 735 |
Words | 131 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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