Analysis of Nova Scotia
James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906
If you are sulky, Nova Scotia,
We'll gladly let you float away
From out our Confederation;
You sicken us with sily agitation.
If any more our patience you do tax
We'll let you go to Halifax.
Scheme | ABCCDD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111010 11011101 11100010 110111010 11011010111 1111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 198 |
Words | 38 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 6 |
Lines Amount | 6 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 148 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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