Analysis of Baby Darling.
James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906
A miner in California mine,
For his distant home he did repine,
In a far off Eastern state,
Where did live his own dear mate.
And one great source of all his joy,
His little darling baby boy,
One night to drive his cares away
To concert hall his footsteps stray.
And loud resounding o'er the hall,
He heard a little boy squall,
The sweetest music he e'er heard,
Sweeter far than singing bird.
For his thoughts it caused to roam,
To his distant eastern home,
Near to the mine there were no trace
Of baby dear or woman's face.
When violinist with his bow
Did make exquisite music flow,
The miner he did loudly bawl
Stop fiddle and let baby squall.
My sad heart his cries doth cheer,
Reminding me of my own dear,
For sooner I would him behold,
Than if I found a mine of gold.
For what are all the joys of life,
So far away from child and wife,
But few more months I will stay here
Then join my wife and baby dear.
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH XXEE IIJJ KKXI |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (71%) |
Metre | 01000101 11101111 0011101 1111111 01111111 11010101 11111101 1101111 010101001 1101011 010101101 1011101 1111111 1110101 11011011 11011101 10010111 11100101 01011101 11001101 1111111 01011111 11011101 11110111 11110111 11011101 11111111 11110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 903 |
Words | 185 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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