Analysis of Dick and Edward
James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906
The Thurso baker, Robert Dick,
Armed with his hammer and his pick,
Dame nature's secrets did reveal,
Which she for ages did conceal.
In Banff has genius found regard
In the person of an Edward,
Who now does rank among the first
In the world as naturalist.
| Scheme | AABB XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 0110101 11110011 11010101 11110101 01110101 00101110 11110101 00111000 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 259 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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