Analysis of Ladies Aid
James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906
After chatting with each friend,
We our way to the table wend ;
On it we all do make a raid,
And this we call a Ladies' Aid.
'Tis pleasant way of taking tea,
Improvement on the old soiree;
On such a time as this we find
Food for body and for mind.
Gladly all obey the call
To attend this pleasant social,
And we hope none will lament
The time and money they have spent.
The matron and the comely maid
And youths attend the Ladies' Aid ;
But now we close our short refrain,
And hope to meet you all again.
Scheme | AABB XXCC XXDD BBXX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (25%) |
Metre | 1010111 110110101 11111101 01110101 11011101 01010101 11011111 1110011 1010101 10111010 0111101 01010111 01000101 01010101 111110101 01111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 499 |
Words | 103 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 16, 2023
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