Analysis of Lines On The North Of Scotland

James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906



Lines on the North of Scotland, delivered in Embro nearly a
quarter of a century ago:

Scotsmen have wandered far and wide,
From Moray Frith to Frith of Clyde;
McDonald, from his sea girt isle,
And Campbell from his broad Argyle-

But chiefly here you have come forth
From those countries of the north;
Some oft have trod Dunrobins's Halls,
And gazed upon its stately walls.

Here to-night in this array
Is Murray, McKenzie and McKay;
And there doth around us stand
The Munroe, Ross and Sutherland.

Your young men have high honour earned;
In all of the professions learned;
Your Bonnie Lasses sung in song,
And youths are famed for muscle strong.


Scheme XX AABB CCDD EEXX FFGG
Poetic Form
Metre 110111001001100 101010001 1110101 10111111 01011111 0101111 11011111 1110101 111111 01011101 1110101 110010001 0110111 01010100 1111111 01100101 1101101 01111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 641
Words 115
Sentences 4
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 102
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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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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