Analysis of Evangeline, or facsimile



Fixed on the trail and following
Through swamp and plain and ridge
The pretty young Evangeline
Engaged for marriage.
Her stalwart, loving Beloved
Evicted by the Brits
From Fundy’s shore
To rich folklore
Acadians in fits
Of vengeance, long and pining.
Now did she find her man?
A plague hit Philadelphia.
One nurse maid grasped his hand.


Scheme ABCBDEFFEAGHI
Poetic Form
Metre 11010100 110101 0101010 01110 0101001 010101 111 111 101 1101010 111101 0110100 111111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 338
Words 61
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 13
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 272
Words per stanza (avg) 57
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Written on January 23, 2023

Submitted by dougb.72572 on January 23, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Douglas Blair

Blogging poems since 2008. Once a lawyer in general practice. Then 32 years as Shipper in a heavy metal fabricating plant. Retired 2022. Married and father of two. Poet. Hiker. Harmonica Busker. Gospel enthusiast. Photographer. http://shootdempix.blogspot.com/ more…

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