Analysis of Canadian Thames
James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906
Westward it winds past each town,
Growing broader as it flows down.
Onward it glides, never weary,
Meandering so soft and cheery.
The sunbeams on the waters glance,
Skipping about in silvery dance,
From morn till eve the cattle feed
'Neath lofty elms along the mead.
And on its banks, in warrior pride,
The brave Tecumseh fought and died,
Peace and prosperity now reigns
Along the fertile vale of Thames.
Now soon the waters meet and pair
With the wavelets of St. Clair ;
As maids when wed do lose their names,
No longer is it called the Thames.
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEXF GGXF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 1011111 10101111 10111010 010011010 0110101 100101001 11110101 11010101 011101001 01010101 10010011 01010111 11010101 101111 11111111 11011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 540 |
Words | 100 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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