Analysis of Lines on A Canadian Hunter
James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906
Of Kentucky's great hunter bold,
Old Daniel Boon, oft tales are told ;
Of wild beasts he had no fear,
But dangers loved, that pioneer.
Canada hath hunters many,
Yet perhaps there is not any
For skill and boldness can compare
With our own Daniel Hebner.
In youth he was both tall and strong,
And supple as a willow thong ;
Hs never fled from savage bear,
Though bruin on hind legs would rear.
In hunting mink, or fox, or coon,
He was a second Daniel Boon ;
His rifle oft brought down the deer,
Which to his table brought good cheer.
But through his life his highest aim
Was to kill the savage game,
To track the wild cat to its lair
And see its eyes so fiercely glare.
But he oft longs for a cut ham,
Sweet as from bear near to Putnam,
For he waged his fiercest war
In big swamp of Dorchester.
Now, in the winter, Dan he rides
Warm 'mong his bear and coon skin hides.
He lets the younger men now snare
The beaver, muskrat and ottar.
Scheme | AABB CCDE FFDB GGBB HHDD XXXE IIDB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (57%) |
Metre | 10101101 11011111 1111111 1101101 10011010 10111110 11010101 11011010 01111101 0101011 11011101 11011111 01011111 11010101 11011101 11110111 11111101 1110101 11011111 01111101 11111011 11111110 1111101 011110 10010111 11110111 11010111 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 916 |
Words | 182 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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