Endnote Mm
Oh! how I long my careless limbs to layUnder the plantane shade; and all the dayWith amorous airs my fancy entertain, etc.WALLER, Battle of the Summer-Islands, Canto I.
And again,While in the park I sing, the list'ning deerAttend my passion, and forget to fear, etc.At Pens-hurst.
Words in this poem
- waller n.
- One who builds walls.
- canto n.
- One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book. [It. canto, fr. L. cantus singing, song. See Chant.]
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
Endnote Mm is in the public domain. This text is taken from The Poetical Works of Mark Akenside, Project Gutenberg ebook #9814; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
Cite as: Mark Akenside, Endnote Mm, in The Poetical Works of Mark Akenside (1744), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #9814, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/akenside-poems/endnote-mm.html, id L09494.
Form and metre
Endnote Mm is 8 lines in 2 stanzas of 4 lines each. This poem did not settle on a metre of its own; the book it comes from is in iambic pentameter. 100% of its stressed syllables fall where the metre puts the beat. The lines average 9.4 syllables. 2 lines end on an unstressed syllable, a feminine ending. 38% of the lines run on without a stop at the line end.
See other poems in iambic pentameter.
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Rhyme words, stanza by stanza
The word that ends each line, lettered by the rhyme it makes; a dash is a line whose rhyme the dictionary could not confirm.
- 1 AA-- layA · dayA · etc · i
Scansion, line by line
Each line with its syllable count and the stresses the words themselves fix: / stressed, ˘ unstressed, · a syllable the word leaves free and the metre decides. Read against iambic pentameter. How this is done.
| Line | Syl. | Stress |
|---|---|---|
| Oh! how I long my careless limbs to lay | 10 | ·····/˘··· |
| Under the plantane shade; and all the day | 10 | ·········· |
| With amorous airs my fancy entertain, etc. | 13 | ·/˘··/˘·˘/·/˘ |
| WALLER, Battle of the Summer-Islands, Canto I. | 13 | /˘/˘··/˘/˘/˘· |
| And again, | 3 | ·˘/ |
| While in the park I sing, the list'ning deer | 10 | ·········· |
| Attend my passion, and forget to fear, etc. | 13 | ˘/·/˘·˘/···/˘ |
| At Pens-hurst. | 3 | ··· |
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