Analysis of The Great Journalist In Spain
Eugene Field 1850 (St. Louis) – 1895 (Chicago)
Good editor Dana-God bless him, we say-
Will soon be afloat on the main,
Will be steaming away
Through the mist and the spray
To the sensuous climate of Spain.
Strange sights shall he see in that beautiful land
Which is famed for its soap and its Moor,
For, as we understand,
The scenery is grand
Though the system of railways is poor.
For moonlight of silver and sunlight of gold
Glint the orchards of lemons and mangoes,
And the ladies, we're told,
Are a joy to behold
As they twine in their lissome fandangoes.
What though our friend Dana shall twang a guitar
And murmur a passionate strain;
Oh, fairer by far
Than those ravishments are
The castles abounding in Spain.
These castles are built as the builder may list-
They are sometimes of marble or stone,
But they mostly consist
Of east wind and mist
With an ivy of froth overgrown.
A beautiful castle our Dana shall raise
On a futile foundation of hope,
And its glories shall blaze
In the somnolent haze
Of the mythical lake del y Soap.
The fragrance of sunflowers shall swoon on the air
And the visions of Dreamland obtain,
And the song of 'World's Fair'
Shall be heard everywhere
Through that beautiful castle in Spain.
Scheme | ABAAB CXCCX DXDDA EBEEB FGFFG HIHHI JBJJB |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (34%) |
Metre | 11001011111 11101101 111001 101001 101001011 11111011001 111111011 11101 010011 10101111 111100111 1010110010 001011 101101 1110111 111011011001 01001001 11011 1111 01001001 11011101011 110111011 111001 11101 11101101 010010101011 101001011 011011 001001 101001111 01011011101 00101101 001111 11110 111001001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,151 |
Words | 215 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 35 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 134 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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