Analysis of Lines on Tilsonburg

James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906



After him who did mills own
This place was called in honor Tilson.
Bright gleaming like a morning star
Is clear waters of the Otter,

And it doth form here a vast pond
Which extends for miles beyond ;
A fortune on town it will shower,
This prodigious water-power.

No other spots to youth appear
Like lovely little lake Lisgear,
And few small towns have fine roadway ,
Lined with brick blocks, like your Broadway.

Elsewhere, the firemen slave like Turks,
But you have got good water works ;
And some do many a mile go
For to see your famous silo.


Scheme XXAB CCBB XADD EEFF
Poetic Form Quatrain  (75%)
Metre 1011111 111101010 11010101 11101010 01111011 1011101 010111110 10101010 11011101 1101011 0111111 1111111 1010111 11111101 01110011 11111010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 541
Words 101
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 107
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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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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