Analysis of O For A Lodge

James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906



'O for a Lodge in some vast wilderness,'
A man cryed out in his distress,
For he was tired and sick of life,
And weary of this worldly strife,
And longed for to be far away
From the continuous daily fray.

But the fond partner of his life,
His own dearest, loving wife,
Those sentiments did not admire,
For fiercely they did rouse her ire.
Said she. ' I'll never let you budge,
To go and join another Lodge;
Your Lodges take six nights each week,
And still another Lodge you seek-
For your whole time they soon will steal,
You won't get home even to a meal,
Continuous abroad you'll roam,
And never enter your own home.'


Scheme XXAABB AACCXXDDEEFF
Poetic Form
Metre 1101011100 01110101 111100111 01011101 01111101 100100101 10110111 1110101 11001101 11011101 11110111 11010101 11011111 01010111 11111111 111110101 01000111 01010111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 613
Words 122
Sentences 5
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 12
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 238
Words per stanza (avg) 59
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 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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