Analysis of Rabbit Story

James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906



Our friend, Mr. Romley,
He told the tale homley,
And yet full of fun,
How the Rabbits did run,
In numbers a score,
All around his door.
They were red, black and white,
Their play folks did delight ;
But they got small by degrees,
For the cats did them seise-
All but one big black Rabbit,
He got into the habit
Under ground he would dive-
He long time did survive,
'Till owner, wanting fat pot,
He this great beast then shot.
When police heard the gun,
Full quickly he did run,
In a furious rage ;
But his wrath did as-uage
When he got a quarter
Of the last martyr.


Scheme AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHBBIIJJ
Poetic Form
Metre 1011010 11011 01111 101011 01001 10111 101101 111101 1111101 101111 1111110 1101010 101111 111101 1101011 111111 101101 110111 001001 111111 111010 10110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 557
Words 112
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 22
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 429
Words per stanza (avg) 112
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 03, 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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