Analysis of Canadian Rivers and Lake
James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906
We have here a sight as fair
As bonnie Doon or banks of Ayr.
Like modest worth, meandering slow,
The quiet waters gently flow.
Rose, Thistle, Shamrock, all combine
Around the Maple Leaf to twine-
Whose outstretched arms, so gigantic,
Clasps Pacific and Atlantic.
Embracing lakes like burnished gold,
With joy a Shakespeare might behold,
For either poet Barns or Moore *
Such scenery they would adore.
Scheme | ABCCDDEEFFGH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110111 11011111 110101001 01010101 1101110 01010111 10111010 10100010 01011101 1101101 11010111 11001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 398 |
Words | 69 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 319 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 67 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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