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
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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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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