Selected Works of Eugene Field
The Clink of the IceHoosier LyricsIn Wink-a-Way LandJohn Smith, U. S. A.
Words in this poem
- clink v. t.
- To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together. [OE. clinken; akin to G. klingen, D. klinken, SW. klinga, Dan. klinge; prob. of imitative origin. Cf. Clank, Clench, Click, v. i.]
- hoosier n.
- A nickname given to an inhabitant of the State of Indiana.
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
Selected Works of Eugene Field is in the public domain. This text is taken from Hoosier Lyrics, Project Gutenberg ebook #36150; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
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Form and metre
Selected Works of Eugene Field is 4 lines in a single stanza. The lines average 4.8 syllables. 1 line ends on an unstressed syllable, a feminine ending.
Measured by Laurel's pipeline, not copied from a handbook: how stress and metre are counted, how rhyme is lettered, how a drifted rhyme is found. Where the dictionary cannot confirm a rhyme the letter is withheld, not guessed.
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. How this is done.
| Line | Syl. | Stress |
|---|---|---|
| The Clink of the Ice | 5 | ····· |
| Hoosier Lyrics | 4 | /˘/˘ |
| In Wink-a-Way Land | 5 | ····· |
| John Smith, U. S. A. | 5 | ····· |
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