Analysis of Prairie greyhounds (C.P.R. "NO. 1," WESTBOUND)

Emily Pauline Johnson 1861 – 1913



I swing to the sunset land--
The world of prairie, the world of plain,
The world of promise and hope and gain,
The world of gold, and the world of grain,
   And the world of the willing hand.

I carry the brave and bold--
The one who works for the nation's bread,
The one whose past is a thing that's dead,
The one who battles and beats ahead,
   And the one who goes for gold.

I swing to the "Land to Be,"
I am the power that laid its floors,
I am the guide to its western stores,
I am the key to its golden doors,
   That open alone to me.


Scheme ABBBA CDDDC EFFFE
Poetic Form
Metre 111011 011100111 011100101 011100111 00110101 1100101 011110101 011110111 011100101 0011111 1110111 110101111 110111101 110111101 1100111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 554
Words 114
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 133
Words per stanza (avg) 37
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 02, 2023

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Emily Pauline Johnson

Emily Pauline Johnson Tekahionwake commonly known as E Pauline Johnson or just Pauline Johnson was a Canadian writer and performer popular in the late 19th century Pauline Johnson was notable for her poems and performances that celebrated her aboriginal heritage One such poem is the frequently anthologized The Song My Paddle Sings Her poetry was published in Canada the United States and Great Britain Johnson was one of a generation of widely read writers who began to define a Canadian national literature more…

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