Analysis of Little Jamie
William Topaz McGonagall 1825 – 1902 (Greyfriars Parish, Edinburgh)
Ither laddies may ha's finer claes, and may be better fed,
But nane o' them a'has sic a bonnie curly heid,
O sie a blythe blink in their e'e,
As my ain curly fair-hair'd laddie, Little Jamie.
When I gang oot tae tak' a walk wi' him, alang the Magdalen Green,
It mak's my heart feel lichtsome tae see him sae sharp and keen,
And he pu's the wee gowans, and gie's them to me,
My ain curly fair-hair'd laddie, Little Jamie.
When he rises in the mornin' an' gets oot o' bed,
He says, mither, mind ye'll need tae toast my faither's bread.
For he aye gie's me a bawbee;
He's the best little laddie that ever I did see,
My ain curly fair-hair'd laddie, Little Jamie.
When I gang oot tae tak' a walk alang the streets o' Dundee,
And views a' the little laddies that I chance to see,
Nane o' them a' seems sae lovely to me,
As my ain curly fair-hair'd laddie, Little Jamie.
The laddie is handsome and fair to be seen,
He has a bonnie cheerie mou', and taw blue e'en,
And he prattles like an auld grandfaither richt merrily;
He's the funniest little laddie that ever I did see,
My ain curly fair-hair'd Iaddie, Little Jamie.
Whene'er that he kens I am coming hame frae my wark,
He runs oot tae meet me as cheerful as the lark,
And he says, faither, I'm wanting just a'e bawbee,
My ain curly fair-hair'd laddie, Little Jamie.
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Metre | 1111101011101 1111011010101 110110111 111101111010 1111110111101001 1111111111101 011011001111 11101111010 111000111111 11111111111 1111101 101101110111 11101111010 11111101101101 010010111111 1110111011 111101111010 0111001111 110101101111 011011111100 10100101110111 11101111010 111111101111 111111110101 01111101011 11101111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 1,302 |
Words | 254 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 164 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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