Analysis of Agricultural, Implements and Machinery
James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906
Poor laborers, they did sad bewail,
When the machine displaced the flail ;
Theres little work, now, with the hoes,
Since cultivators weed the rows.
Labor it became more fickle
When the scythe took place of sickle ;
Labor still it did sink lower
By introduction of mower ;
And the work was done much cheaper
When they added on the reaper.
Another machine to it they join,
Mower, reaper, binder, they combine.
Machines now load and stow away
Both the barley and the hay,
And the farmers do get richer
With the loader and the pitcher.
Theres little work now for the hoes,
Since cultivators weed the rows ;
They sow and rake by the machine-
Hand labor's 'mong the things have been.
Armed with scythes, the old war chariot
Cut down men in the fierce war riot ;
Round farmer's chariot falls the slain,
But 'tis the sheaves of golden grain.
This harvest, now, of eighty-four,
Will great wealth on farmers pour,
For there is abundant yield
Of fruitful crops in every field.
Scheme | aabB aacc ccxx ddcc bBxx eeff gghh |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (71%) |
Metre | 11001111 10010101 11011101 11101 10101110 10111110 10111110 1010110 00111110 11101010 010011111 101010110 01110101 1010001 00101110 10100010 11011101 11101 11011001 11010111 111011100 111001110 110100101 11011101 11011101 1111101 1110101 110101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 948 |
Words | 172 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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