Analysis of The Power of Steam
James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906
We now do sing a new theme,
It is prodigious power of steam ;
And our little fast steam horse,
How he works with mighty force.
Instead of hay and oats, we thrust
In his mouth chips and saw dust ;
Which heats the blood in his veins,
Then how he saws and bores and plains.
He's never troubled with the botts,
But all the time he gaily trotts,
And every day he is full able
To make many a chair and table.
Work for him is only sport,
He feels so good he oft does snort,
As he trotts along his course,
Our little frolicksome steam horse.
Scheme | AABB CCDD XBEE FFBB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1111011 110101011 01010111 1111101 01110111 0111011 1101011 11110101 11010101 11011101 0100111110 111001010 1111101 11111111 1110111 1010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 529 |
Words | 108 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 05, 2023
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