Analysis of A Tribute to Mr J. Graham Henderson, The World's Fair Judge
William Topaz McGonagall 1825 – 1902 (Greyfriars Parish, Edinburgh)
Thrice welcome home to Hawick, Mr J. Graham Henderson,
For by your Scotch tweeds a great honour you have won;
By exhibiting your beautiful tweeds at the World's Fair
You have been elected judge of Australian and American wools while there.
You had to pass a strict examination on the wool trade,
But you have been victorious, and not the least afraid,
And has been made judge of wools by Sir Henry Truman Good,
And was thanked by Sir Henry where he stood.
You have been asked by Sir Henry to lecture on wools there,
And you have consented to do so, which made your audience stare
When you let them see the difference betwixt good wool and bad;
You'll be sure to gain fresh honours, they will feel so glad.
To think they have found a clever man indeed,
That knows good wool and how to manufacture Scotch tweed,
I wish you success for many a long day,
Because your Scotch tweeds are the best, I venture to say.
May you always be prosperous wherever you go,
Always gaining fresh friends, but never a foe,
Because you are good and a very clever man,
And to gainsay it there's few people can.
Scheme | AABB CCDD BBEE FFGG HHII |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11011110110100 11111011111 10100110011011 1110101101000100111 11110100101011 11110100010101 01111111110101 0111110111 11111110110111 0110101111111001 111110100011101 111111111111 11111010101 111101101011 11101110011 0111110111011 111110001011 1101111001 011110010101 011111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 1,080 |
Words | 205 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 43 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 171 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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