Analysis of Questions and Answers

James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906



Are you a mason?
No ; I prefer To work at the trade of carpenter.
Are you then an Oddfellow ?
No ; I married Annabella.
Are you a Son of Temperance ?
No ; I am son of Joseph Vance.
Are you then a Forrester ?
No ; town life I prefer.


Scheme ABCCDEBB
Poetic Form
Metre 11010 1101111011100 11111 1110010 11011100 11111101 1110100 111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 233
Words 48
Sentences 9
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 168
Words per stanza (avg) 53
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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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