Structure of poem legend of the northland
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Answer: It is a child story in traditional countryside which the poet things gives an important message as a ballad and fairylike manner.
Explanation:
Answer:
A Legend of the Northland’ by Phoebe Cary is a ballad consisting of sixteen ballad stanzas and each stanza contains four lines in it. In ballad stanzas alternate lines rhyme. Likewise, in each stanza of this poem only the second- and third-lines rhyme. Hence, the rhyme scheme of the poem is ABCB and it goes on like this. There are three or four stressed syllables in each line of the poem. However, the poet uses mixed anapestic and iambic meter lines. Moreover, there are some spondees in the poem. As an example, “Northland” contains a spondee. Here, both of the syllables are stressed. Apart from that, the poet directly converses with the readers in this poem. This feature makes it an example of the dramatic monologue.