Analysis of Poetry
James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906
Poetry to us is given
As stars beautify the heaven,
Or, as the sunbeams when they gleam,
Sparkling so bright upon the stream ;
And the poetry of motion
Is ship sailing o'er the ocean
Or, when the bird doth graceful fly,
Seeming to float upon the sky;
For poetry is the pure cream
And essence of the common theme.
Poetic thoughts the mind doth fill,
When on broad plain to view a hill ;
On barren heath how it doth cheer
To see in distance herd of deer.
And poetry breathes in each flower
Nourished by the gentle shower,
In song of birds upon the trees
And humming of busy bees.
'Tis solace for the ills of life,
A soothing of the jars and strife;
For poets feel it a duty
To sing of both worth and beauty.
Scheme | AABBAACCBB DDEEFFGGHHII |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10011110 1110010 1101111 10110101 00100110 111010010 11011101 10110101 11001011 01010101 01010111 11111101 11011111 11010111 010010110 10101010 01110101 0101101 11010111 01010101 11011010 11111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 693 |
Words | 139 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 12 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 275 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 70 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 21, 2023
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