F. G. Halleck
New-York:Harper & Brothers, 82 Cliff Street
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1839, byHarper & Brothers,in the Clerk's Office of the Southern District of New-York.
Words in this poem
- harper n.
- A player on the harp; a minstrel. [AS. hearpere.]
- congress n.
- A meeting of individuals, whether friendly or hostile; an encounter. [L. congressus, fr. congredi, p.p. -gressus, to go or come together; con- + grati to go or step, gradus step: cf. F. congr. See Grade.]
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
F. G. Halleck is in the public domain. This text is taken from Fanny, with Other Poems, Project Gutenberg ebook #34762; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
Cite as: Fitz-Greene Halleck, F. G. Halleck, in Fanny, with Other Poems (1819–1827), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #34762, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/halleck-fanny/f-g-halleck.html, id L10264.
Form and metre
F. G. Halleck is 5 lines in 2 stanzas. The lines average 8.0 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 |
|---|---|---|
| New-York: | 2 | ·· |
| Harper & Brothers, 82 Cliff Street | 6 | /˘/˘·· |
| Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1839, by | 14 | /˘˘/˘···/˘···· |
| Harper & Brothers, | 4 | /˘/˘ |
| in the Clerk's Office of the Southern District of New-York. | 14 | ···/˘··/˘/˘··· |
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