Analysis of In the Style of E. Pauline Johnson.



I have pushed from shore

Like some Indian lore

And the birch craft

Takes over my need.

To be on the Lake

For some reverie’s sake

As the bush fells its amber

But the moment lifts

As my craft just drifts.

I intend to wait quiet

And the North One, my friend.

Til autumn’s chilled end.

And canoe lifted lone

To shed’s bars.

Several months the Lake glassed.

Several months my treks passed.

But the Hope lingers

Long like rich wine.

For the white throat’s

To May flowers belongs.

And paddling, in aroma of pine.


Scheme A A X X B B X C C X D D X X E E X F X X F
Poetic Form
Metre 11111 111001 0011 11011 11101 111001 1011110 10101 11111 1011110 001111 1111 001101 111 101011 101111 10110 1111 1011 111001 0100001011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 569
Words 135
Sentences 12
Stanzas 21
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 19
Words per stanza (avg) 5
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Written on March 22, 2023

Submitted by dougb.19255 on March 22, 2023

Modified by dougb.19255 on March 22, 2023

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Wayne Blair

Born in London. Graduated law 1976 Practised eleven years, Married Hilary 1974 Two kids Lauren 1980 And Jordan 1987. Business failed 1987. Moved not knowing whither. Happy hills of Waterloo Region. Mennonite Country. Thirty four years in Industry. No complaints. Poet, photographer, nature hiker. Harmonica busker. http://puffnchord7.blogspot.com/ more…

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