Analysis of At Cheyenne

Eugene Field 1850 (St. Louis) – 1895 (Chicago)



Young Lochinvar came in from the West,
  With fringe on his trousers and fur on his vest;
  The width of his hat-brim could nowhere be beat,
  His No.

brogans were chuck full of feet,
  His girdle was horrent with pistols and things,
  And he flourished a handful of aces on kings.
  The fair Mariana sate watching a star,
  When who should turn up but the young Lochinvar!
  Her pulchritude gave him a pectoral glow,
  And he reined up his hoss with stentorian "Whoa!"
  Then turned on the maiden a rapturous grin,
  And modestly asked if he might n't step in.
  With presence of mind that was marvellous quite,
  The fair Mariana replied that he might;
  So in through the portal rode young Lochinvar,
  Pre-empted the claim, and cleaned out the bar.
  Though the justice allowed he wa'n't wholly to blame,
  He taxed him ten dollars and costs, just the same.


Scheme AABC BDDEECCFFGGEEHH
Poetic Form
Metre 1110101 11111001111 0111111111 11 101111 1101111001 01100111011 0101011001 111111011 011101001 011111111 11101001001 010011111110 110111111 0101001111 101010111 1100101101 10100111111011 11111001101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 868
Words 153
Sentences 8
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 15
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 325
Words per stanza (avg) 75
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Eugene Field

Eugene Field, Sr. was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays. more…

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