Analysis of A Scene On The Susquehana
Thomas Campbell 1777 (Glasgow) – 1844 (Boulogne-sur-Mer)
Excerpt from "Gertrude Of Wyoming"
Delightful Wyoming! beneath thy skies,
The happy shepherd swains had nought to do
But feed their flocks on green declivities,
Or skim perchance thy lake with light canoe,
From morn till evening's sweeter pastime grew,
With timbrel, when beneath the forests brown,
Thy lovely maidens would the dance renew;
And aye those sunny mountains half-way down
Would echo flagelet from some romantic town.
Then, where of Indian hills the daylight takes
His leave, how might you the flamingo see
Disporting like a meteor on the lakes,
And playful squirrel on his nut-grown tree:
And every sound of life was full of glee,
From merry mock-bird's song, or hum of men;
While hearkening, fearing nought their revelry,
The wild deer arched his neck from glades, and then,
Unhunted, sought his woods and wilderness again.
Scheme | X ABABBCBCC DEDEEFEFF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10110110 010100111 0101011111 1111111 1101111101 111101011 111010101 1101010101 0111010111 1101110101 1111001011 1111100101 110100101 0101011111 01001111111 1101111111 111011100 0111111101 1111010001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 828 |
Words | 141 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 9, 9 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 224 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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