Analysis of Masonic
James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906
The prominent names connected with Masonary are Kings
Solomon and Hiram and Saint John, the parent Lodge
is King Hiram in Ingersoll, and Saint John is the off-spring.
Both masters in 1884 are legal gentlemen.
Craft of King Hiram and Saint John
They figurative work on stone,
King Hiram he is the old sire
And he was famous King of Tyre.
But great as King upon a throne
Is the good, kind, true Saint John ;
Cathedrals did craftsmen raise,
Fills all our mind now with amase.
No modern chisel hath the power
To trace such leaf, and bud, and flower ;
But though our structures now are rude
Let us all make the mortar good.
And this injunction never spare
To have the work both plum and square,
And it must have no crack or flaw
So masters will lay down the law.
Of all our work this is the chief,
To give the needy ones relief ;
And with truth and brotherly love
We sublime structure raise above.
The greatest honor has been won
By that great builder, Solomon,
And craftsmen o'er the world do sing
The praises of that mighty King.
Scheme | AXBX CDEX DCXA EEXX FFGG HHII JJBB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (43%) |
Metre | 010010101111 1000100110101 111001000111011 1100110100 11110011 11000111 110110110 01110111 11110101 1011111 0101101 11101111 110101010 111101010 111010111 11110101 01010101 11011101 01111111 11011101 111011101 11010101 01101001 10110101 01010111 11110100 010100111 01011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,008 |
Words | 193 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 115 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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