Analysis of Lines on Stratford

James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906



Our Canadian County Perth
Commemorates great bard of earth ;
Stratford and Avon both are here,
And they enshrine the name Shakespeare.

For here in Stratford every ward
Is named from drama of great bard.
Here you may roam o'er Romeo
Or glance on Juliet bestow.

The valley of the Thames we presume includes Stratford
on the north and Woodstock and Ingersoll on the south.
The Avon, on whose banks Stratford is located, joins the
Thames near St.Mary's. The middle branch flows through
Embro and Thamesford, the south and middle branches
unite and flow through Dorchester and Westminster and
blend with the northern branch at London, where it deviates
to Elgin in the south.


Scheme AABB XXCC XDXXXXXD
Poetic Form
Metre 100100101 0101111 10010111 0101011 110101001 11110111 11111010 1111001 0101011010110 101010100101 0101111011010 111010111 1010101010 1011100100 1101011101110 110001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 663
Words 116
Sentences 8
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 8
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 181
Words per stanza (avg) 38
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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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