Analysis of Port Burwell
James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906
About a quarter of a century ago, when Port Burwell was a
busy, thriving place, several friends accompanied me to
the port to attend a concert, we all being specially invited.
It was in the winter, and there had been a race on the
ice, in which the Port Burwell horse took the lead. We
gave a local piece of some length, but only retain now a
few lines. The people at the concert were highly pleased
with the effusion.
In winter time, who here resort
To pay a visit to your famous port,
They must be clad in fur well,
For it blows cold at Burwell.
But when you wish to trot your horse
You make lake Erie your race course,
And we believe at every heat
All other horses you do beat.
Scheme | AXXAXAXX BBCC DDEE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010101010001111010 10101101010011 011010101110100010 11001001110110 101011011011 101011111100110 1101010100101 101 01011101 1101011101 1111011 1111110 11111111 11110111 010111001 11010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 674 |
Words | 136 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 177 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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