Analysis of Lines on A.B
James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906
Who was expected to attend a Banquet given by the Odd fellows
in London nearly thirty years ago. Several of the London Brethern
were asking for Brother Abel.
When we went down to London in midst of the champaign
A brother looked at me as though I had been Cain,
And in a voice of thunder, as I sat at the table,
He fiercely asked of me 'where is your Brother Abel?'
To which I did reply 'I'm not my brother's keeper,
But at home you'll find him, in his bed asleep, sir.'
Scheme | XAB AABBCC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101010101010110 01010101011010101 01011010 1111110011001 010111111111 00011101111010 1101111111010 1111011111010 111111011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 470 |
Words | 97 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 6 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 40 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 181 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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