Analysis of St.Catharines
James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906
Lines read at a banquet at the Welland House, St. Catharines[sic],
where the brotherhood of Odd-Fellows, attending Grand
Lodge, were entertained.
St. Catharines [sic], famed for mineral waters
And for the beauty of her daughters ;
For some do worship at the shrines
Of the fair St. Catharines [sic].
St. Catharines [sic], your greatness you inherit
From the genius of the Merritt-
You still would be a village dreary
But for this canal from lake Erie.
For, on its bosom there does float
Full many a ship and steamboat,
Brings worlds commerce to your doors
And many gifts on you it pours.
Among its various great rewards
It gives you dry docks and ship yards,
To drive your mills, great water power
It doth give you as a dower.
Scheme | AXX BBXA XXCC DDEE XXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110101010111 101011100101 1001 11011110010 010101010 11110101 1011101 11011101010 10101010 111101010 111011110 11110111 1100101 1110111 01011111 011100101 11111011 111111010 1111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 717 |
Words | 130 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 115 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 31, 2023
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