Analysis of Salford Parsonage
James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906
Lines delivered at housewarming of Salford Parsonage.
Your pastor's fame first got abroad
By his success on Culloden Road ;
He filled the church so that the fold
No longer it the flock would hold.
But soon a larger church did rise,
With fine neat tower points to the skies;
When you o'erwhelmed with ruin dire
Did lose your parsonage by fire.
To his call with generous bounty
You built best parsonage in county,
But some good people in the town
At this idea they might frown.
Unless we made this correction :
The best in a rural section ;
Your pastor he doth vigorous push,
He's not afraid to enter bush.
And 'tis a fact there's very few
With him can stick of timber hew ;
Ready for to superintend,
Or a helping hand to lend.
When bold man's wanted at the front,
You've but to call on Reverend Hunt;
In pulpit he conviction darts,
And points the way to troubled hearts.
But solemn thoughts we won't employ,
As this is all a scene of joy ;
Maids and matrons all charming
Do grace this pleasant house-warming.
Here people come from near and far
To purchase goods at this bazar ;
And all is happiness and glee
At festival of this soiree.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101011011100 11011101 1101111 11011101 11010111 11010111 111101101 1111101 111100110 111110010 111100010 11110001 11010111 01111010 01001010 110111001 11011101 01011101 11111101 10111 1010111 11110101 111111001 01010101 01011101 11011101 11110111 1010110 11110110 11011101 11011101 01110001 11001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,113 |
Words | 209 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 8, 8, 16 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 222 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 13, 2023
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