Analysis of Lines on Gunn
James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906
My dear friend Gunn,
May you prize won,
But to us hark
When you shoot mark,
High you must aim
And at right game,
And truth employ
Wrong to destroy.
Your friend the Bard
Hopes your reward
Will be furriore
For Courier.
| Scheme | AABBCCDDEFGG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 0111 0101 1101 1101 1101 111 1100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 213 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 169 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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