Analysis of Burns and Scott
James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906
Meeting of Burns and Scott in Edinburgh.
When Burns did make triumphant entry
'Mong Edina's famous gentry,
A discussion did there arise
Among those solons, learned and wise,
About some lines by a new poet ;
The author's name none did know it.
Poem was of Canadian snow,
And how o'er it the blood did flow,
For it had then been swept by war,
Where armies met in deadly jar.
But, 'mong philosphers, was boy
Of tender years, now Scotland's joy ;
He there did quickly quote each line,
And author's name he did define.
Burns glanced at him, with loving eyes,
Youth ever more that look did prize
The happiest moment in his lot ;
Ever revered by Walter Scott,
Thus Scotland's greatest poets met,
And they did part with sad regret.
Scheme | A BBCCXXAAXX DDEECCFFGG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10110101000 111101010 111010 00101101 0111101 011110110 01011111 101101001 011010111 11111111 11010101 11111 11011101 11110111 01011101 11111101 11011111 010010011 10011101 11010101 01111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 713 |
Words | 132 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 10, 10 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 187 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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