Analysis of Caledonian Games
James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906
Lines on Caledonian games, May, 1884.
On grassy amphitheater
Spectators sit, to view the war
'Mong bold contestants on the plain,
Where each doth strive the prize to gain ;
And when the little boys and girls
In highland dress and waving curls,
From London, danced the Highland fling;
The whole mass did their praises sing ;
And at the concert did applaud
The little charmers Blanch and Maud.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010011 11010010 10011101 11010101 11110111 01010101 01010101 11010101 01111101 01010101 01010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 389 |
Words | 69 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 10 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 156 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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