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 |
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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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