Brodie Castle Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGFHI JKFB LLMM GGNN OOPP MMHH| The following sonnet on Brodie Castle Nairnshire Scotland was written | A |
| by my venerable Uncle Thomas McIntyre of St Catherines and father | B |
| of John B McIntyre Ex Grand Master of the Independant Order of Odd | C |
| fellows and now and for many years an Alderman of the city of | D |
| St Catherines It was written by him as an acrostic on the words Brodie | E |
| Castle I have taken the liberty of transfusing it into common verse The | F |
| lines prove the old gentlemen to be kind hearted and as having a great | G |
| affection for his native land He has been in St Catherines for half a | F |
| century engaged in the same business I have been employed in for | H |
| about one third of a century in Ingersoll | I |
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| Scotland has produced three great shepherds | J |
| Talford the inventor of Suspension Bridges | K |
| Ferguson the Astronomer and Hogg the | F |
| Ettrick shepherd the great song writer | B |
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| Brodie Castle ever dear to my heart | L |
| For there I first played my humble part | L |
| When only thirteen I there had employ | M |
| In the position of a shepherd boy | M |
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| For I was born on that fine estate | G |
| Famed for its trees so lofty and great | G |
| And its magnificent avenue grand | N |
| Which hath been famed over the land | N |
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| And though I did leave to learn my trade | O |
| And in Western world a home I have made | O |
| Yet whan I look back my heart it still cheers | P |
| Though it is now more than threescore years | P |
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| Since first I went there as a shepherd boy | M |
| Thoughts of the time fill my heart yet with joy | M |
| Though that I ne'er shall see Castle more | H |
| Fond memory reverts to the days of yore | H |
James Mcintyre
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