Analysis of Questions and Answers
James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906
Are you a mason?
No ; I prefer To work at the trade of carpenter.
Are you then an Oddfellow ?
No ; I married Annabella.
Are you a Son of Temperance ?
No ; I am son of Joseph Vance.
Are you then a Forrester ?
No ; town life I prefer.
Scheme | ABCCDEBB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010 1101111011100 11111 1110010 11011100 11111101 1110100 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 233 |
Words | 48 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 8 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 168 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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