Analysis of Hope Macniven
James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906
Mr. Hope Macniven, of Ingersoll, had the pleasure in his
younger days, during the first quarter of the present
century, of seeing and hearing many of the most eminent
men in Britain. He heard Doctor Chalmers and Edward Irving preach, before Irving went to London, where he became so famous ;
he saw on the stage those eminent tragedians, the elder and the younger
Kean; he was also fortunate enough to have seen Sir Walter Scott and
Thomas Campbell, the author of the 'Pleasures of Hope' and 'Exile of Erin ;'
And he also saw, in Glasgow, the distinguished author of 'Virginius,'
Sheridan Knowles, famous also man Elocutionist ; he had an opportunity of
frequently seeing Lord Brougham, and Lord Byron's friend, Sir John Cam.
Hobhouse ; he also beheld the burly figure of that bold champion of popular
rights, William Cobbett; and was in close intimacy with Henry Scott Riddel,
author of that magnificent song ' Scotland Yet,' Mr. Macniven sent a copy
of his poems to that distinguished statesman, W. E. Gladstone, and received
a letter of thanks, under the seal of the Royal arms, with the Premier of Great
Britain's autograph attached; he received a similar mark of favor from Lord
Lorne. Mr. Macniven has had the honor of conversing with the brillant D'Arcy
MacGee, and of an intimate acquaintance with A. McLauglan and Evan McCol,
and Hamilton's sweetest song writer, William Murray. The late Mrs. Macniven
published a small volume of poems some 20 years ago.
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Metre | 10111100101001 1011001101010 10011001010101100 1010111010010101011011101101110 11101110010100010 111101000111111010 101001010101101110 011010100101011 100110101111101001 1001011001101111 11101010101111001100 110100101100011011 1011010011011011010 1110110101010011001 01011100110101100111 1010011010100111011 110111010101010110 10111000101010101 010010110101001101 1001101101101 |
Characters | 1,452 |
Words | 251 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 58 |
Words per line (avg) | 13 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 1,159 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 250 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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