Analysis of Welcome to the Prince of Wales
James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906
Lines written when the Prince of Wales
was about embarking for Canada, May, 1860.
In his long voyage o'er the sea,
To where doth grow the maple tree,
May he be blest with pleasant gales-
The coming man, the Prince of Wales.
The Maple grows but in good soil,
Where nature doth reward for toil.
The farmer, splitting his fence rails,
He welcome bids the Prince of Wales.
In the woods the axe is ringing,
And the yeoman merry singing ;
The song resounds o'er hills and dales -
Our future king, the Prince of Wales.
'Round the brow of our future chief
We'll weave a wreath of maple leaf,
For o'er broad Canada prevails
Kind feelings to the Prince of Wales.
When in this land the Prince arrives
May he have many pleasant drives,
And on our lakes have merry sails-
Great king of princes, Prince of Wales.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010111 10101011001 011101001 11110101 11111101 01010111 01011011 11010111 01010111 11010111 00101110 00101010 01110101 101010111 101110101 11011101 110110001 11010111 10110101 11110101 011011101 11110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 785 |
Words | 150 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 4, 8, 4 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 124 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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