Analysis of Brodie Castle
James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906
The following sonnet on Brodie Castle Nairnshire, Scotland, was written
by my venerable Uncle, Thomas McIntyre, of St. Catherines, and father
of John B. McIntyre, Ex-Grand Master of the Independant Order of Odd
-fellows, and now, and for many years, an Alderman of the city of
St. Catherines. It was written by him as an acrostic on the words Brodie
Castle. I have taken the liberty of transfusing it into common verse. The
lines prove the old gentlemen to be kind hearted and as having a great
affection for his native land. He has been in. St. Catherines for half a
century, engaged in the same business I have been employed in for
about one-third of a century, in Ingersoll.
Scotland has produced three great shepherds
Talford, the inventor of Suspension Bridges,
Ferguson, the Astronomer, and Hogg the
Ettrick shepherd, the great song writer.
Brodie Castle,ever dear to my heart,
For there I first played my humble part.
When only thirteen, I there had employ.
In the position of a shepherd boy ;
For I was born on that fine estate,
Famed for its trees, so lofty and great,
And its magnificent avenue grand,
Which hath been famed over the land.
And, though I did leave to learn my trade,
And in Western world a home I have made,
Yet, whan I look back, my heart it still cheers,
Though it is now more than threescore years.
Since first I went there as a shepherd boy,
Thoughts of the time fill my heart yet with joy,
Though, that I ne'er shall see Castle more,
Fond memory reverts to the days of yore.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01001011010110110 111000101011110010 111111101011011 100101101110010101 11011101111110110 1011100100111011010 110110011110011001 010111011110110110 10001001101110101 0111101000100 101011110 100010101010 10000100010 11001110 1011111 111111101 1101111101 0001010101 111111101 111111001 010100101 11111001 011111111 0010101111 1111111111 11111111 1111110101 1101111111 111111101 11000110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,487 |
Words | 274 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 197 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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