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 |
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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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