Brantford Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EEFF GGHI JJII KKII LMII IINN| In these sketches of towns in Western Ontario we are not vain enough | A |
| to suppose that because we have produced some rhymes thereon | B |
| that said rhymes are poetry If we furnish an occasional poetic gleam | C |
| like a dewdropp sparkling in the sun it is all we dare hope for | D |
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| Brantford as thriving city's famed | E |
| And after Indian chief is named | E |
| And here the sparkling Grand river | F |
| It doth flow a joy forever | F |
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| Campbell he sang a dismal tale | G |
| Of horrors of Wyonming's vale | G |
| The tale one's mind doth ever haunt | H |
| The cruelties of monster Brant | I |
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| But the chief's son to England went | J |
| And Campbell to him did lament | J |
| And all the tale he did recant | I |
| About cruel butcheries of Brant | I |
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| Now pleasant thoughts it doth awake | K |
| When Brantford thinks of her namesake | K |
| She evermore with pride will chant | I |
| The bold heroic name of Brant | I |
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| We sing of two great Indian names | L |
| Tecumseh on the banks of Thames | M |
| And the Grand River it doth vaunt | I |
| Of the historic name of Brant | I |
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| The city's pride it doth find vent | I |
| In building him a monument | I |
| And Indians will proudly stalk | N |
| Past memorial of great Mohawk | N |
James Mcintyre
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