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.


Scheme X XXAABBCCDD
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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James McIntyre

James McIntyre, minstrel performer, vaudeville and theatrical actor, and a partner in the famous blackface tramp comedy duo act McIntyre and Heath. more…

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