Analysis of Electric Light
James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906
When the great Bulwer's pen did trace
The history of the coming race
His hero to us he hath unfurled
The glories of his new found world.
This bold traveller be did venture
Far below our world's centre ;
He entered through an ancient mine
And to us doth new world define.
Once all was discord and fierce jars,
Continuous engaged in wars
Till they discovered great vrill power,
Then wars did cease from that same hour.
Mighty bolts from it were hurled ;
Would soon have laid waste the world ;
So for world's preservation
At once they stopped desolation.
All wars by them are now despised
Unfit for nation civilized ;
Their peaceful glories they do sing
And fly on artificial wing.
Great blazing artificial light
It ever burns both day and night,
For they have neither sun nor moon,
But radient, always 'tis high noon.
When we beheld the glorious sight,
High in the air did shine so bright ;
It seemed that it could banish night,
Great refulgent electric light.
But after all, 'tis children's play,
Compared with the great orb of day,
Or when the moon it doth shine bright,
And stars do beautify the night.
Scheme | AABB CCDD XXCC BBEE FFGG HHII HHHH JJHH |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (88%) |
Metre | 1011111 010010101 110111101 01011111 111001110 10110110 11011101 01111101 11110011 01000101 110101110 111111110 1011101 1111101 111010 1111010 11111101 0111010 11010111 0110101 1100101 11011101 11110111 111111 11101001 10011111 11111101 110101 11011101 01101111 11011111 0111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,088 |
Words | 198 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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