Analysis of Fertile Lands and Mammoth Cheese

James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906



In barren district you may meet
Small fertile spot doth grow fine wheat,
There you may find the choicest fruits,
And great, round, smooth and solid roots.

But in conditions such as these
You cannot make a mammoth cheese,
Which will weigh eight thousand pounds,
But where large fertile farms abounds.

Big cheese is synonymous name,
With the fertile district of the Thame,
Here dairy system's understood,
And they are made both large and good.


Scheme AABB CCDD EEFF
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 01010111 11011111 11110101 01110101 10010111 11010101 1111101 11110101 11101001 101010101 1101001 01111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 438
Words 77
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 118
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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James McIntyre

James McIntyre, minstrel performer, vaudeville and theatrical actor, and a partner in the famous blackface tramp comedy duo act McIntyre and Heath. more…

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