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
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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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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