Analysis of Lines on a Fountain

James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906



We love cold water as it flows from the fountain,
Which nature hath brewed alone in the mountain,
In the wild woods and in the rocky dell
Where man hath not been but the deer loves to dwell,
And away across the sea in far distant lands
In Asia's gloomy jungles and Africa's drifting sands,
Where to the thirsty traveller a charming spot of green
Is by far the rarest gem his eyes have ever seen.
And when he hath quenched his thirst at the cooling spring,
With many grateful songs he makes the air to ring.
For many nights he dreams of this scene of bliss,
And when he thinks of Heaven it is of such as this.


Scheme AABBCCDDEEFF
Poetic Form
Metre 111101111010 11011010010 0011000101 11111101111 001010101101 01010100100101 11010100010111 1110101111101 011111110101 110101110111 11011111111 0111110111111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 608
Words 121
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 40
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 479
Words per stanza (avg) 119
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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James McIntyre

James McIntyre, minstrel performer, vaudeville and theatrical actor, and a partner in the famous blackface tramp comedy duo act McIntyre and Heath. more…

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