Analysis of Ode on the Mammoth Cheese
James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906
We have seen the Queen of cheese,
Laying quietly at your ease,
Gently fanned by evening breeze --
Thy fair form no flies dare seize.
All gaily dressed soon you'll go
To the great Provincial Show,
To be admired by many a beau
In the city of Toronto.
Cows numerous as a swarm of bees --
Or as the leaves upon the trees --
It did require to make thee please,
And stand unrivalled Queen of Cheese.
May you not receive a scar as
We have heard that Mr. Harris
Intends to send you off as far as
The great World's show at Paris.
Of the youth -- beware of these --
For some of them might rudely squeeze
And bite your cheek; then songs or glees
We could not sing o' Queen of Cheese.
We'rt thou suspended from baloon,
You'd cast a shade, even at noon;
Folks would think it was the moon
About to fall and crush them soon.
Scheme | AAAA BBBB AAAA CDCD AAAA EEEE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1110111 10100111 1011101 1111111 1101111 1010101 1101011001 00101010 110010111 11010101 11101111 011111 11101011 11111010 011111111 0111110 1010111 11111101 01111111 11111111 1101011 11011011 1111101 01110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 817 |
Words | 163 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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