Analysis of Uhland's White Stag
Eugene Field 1850 (St. Louis) – 1895 (Chicago)
Into the woods three huntsmen came,
Seeking the white stag for their game.
They laid them under a green fir-tree
And slept, and dreamed strange things to see.
I dreamt I was beating the leafy brush,
When out popped the noble stag--hush, hush!
As ahead of the clamorous pack he sprang,
I pelted him hard in the hide--piff, bang!
And as that stag lay dead I blew
On my horn a lusty tir-ril-la-loo!
So speak the three as there they lay
When lo! the white stag sped that way,
Frisked his heels at those huntsmen three,
Then leagues o'er hill and dale was he--
Hush, hush! Piff, bang! Tir-ril-la-loo!
Scheme | AA BB CC DD EE FF BBE |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 0101111 10011111 111100111 01011111 1111100101 111010111 101101111 1101100111 01111111 1110101111 11011111 11011111 1111111 111010111 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 638 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 65 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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