Laurel · L. M. Montgomery

The Watchman and Other Poems

L. M. Montgomery (1874–1942) · 1916

lyric · 2,489 lines in 94 sections

The Anne of Green Gables author's only book of verse, 1916, poems of the Canadian countryside and the sea.

Measured across the book

Across its 2,489 lines, 90% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 90% to 91%). Alliteration runs at 1.05 times what shuffling the words would give (0.33 observed against 0.32 expected). 21% of the lines have a feminine ending.

Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.

Contents

The Watchmaniambic pentameter · 133 lines Rain Along Shoretrochaic tetrameter · AABBCC · 30 lines Sea Sunsetiambic pentameter · 24 lines When the Dark Comes Downiambic heptameter · AABB · 18 lines Harbor Moonriseiambic pentameter · AAABBCC · 28 lines Before Stormiambic pentameter · 16 lines On the Bayiambic pentameter · ABABCCDD · 32 lines Shore Twilightiambic pentameter · AABB · 18 lines Song of the Sea-windiambic tetrameter · 24 lines Morning Along Shoretrochaic tetrameter · ABAB · 24 lines Off to the Fishing Groundiambic tetrameter · 32 lines In Portiambic pentameter · ABAB · 12 lines The Gullsiambic pentameter · ABABCDCD · 24 lines Sunrise Along Shoreiambic tetrameter · ABABCDDC · 32 lines The Sea Spiritiambic pentameter · ABBAACC · 28 lines Harbor Dawniambic pentameter · AAABBCC · 21 lines My 'Longshore Lassiambic tetrameter · 18 lines When the Fishing Boats Go Outiambic heptameter · AABB · 20 lines The Bridaliambic tetrameter · 12 lines The Sea to the Shoreiambic pentameter · 16 lines The Voyagersiambic pentameter · AABB · 16 lines Twilight and I Went Hand in Handiambic tetrameter · ABBACC · 30 lines Come, Rest Awhileiambic pentameter · AABB · 16 lines An April Nightiambic pentameter · ABAB · 16 lines Rain on the Hilliambic tetrameter · 33 lines For Little Thingsiambic tetrameter · 20 lines Spring Songtrochaic tetrameter · ABAB · 24 lines A Day Offtrochaic tetrameter · AABBCC · 30 lines The Windiambic tetrameter · 16 lines The Wood Pooliambic pentameter · ABAB · 16 lines Down Streamiambic pentameter · 16 lines Echo Delliambic tetrameter · AABBCDCDEFFEGG · 28 lines The Roversiambic pentameter · AABB · 20 lines Among the Pinesiambic pentameter · 24 lines A Day in the Openiambic pentameter · AABCCBDDDEE · 33 lines Midnight in Campiambic pentameter · 32 lines The Hill Maplesiambic pentameter · 16 lines A Summer Dayiambic tetrameter · AABBCCDDEE · 30 lines Septemberiambic pentameter · 7 lines In Lovers' Laneiambic tetrameter · 28 lines On the Hillsiambic pentameter · ABABCCDD · 32 lines An Autumn Eveningiambic pentameter · ABABCC · 18 lines November Eveningiambic pentameter · AABB · 24 lines Out O' Doorstrochaic hexameter · AABBCC · 24 lines In the Days of the Golden Rodiambic pentameter · 16 lines A Winter Dayiambic tetrameter · AABBCCDDEE · 30 lines Twilightiambic pentameter · ABABCC · 12 lines The Call of the Windsiambic pentameter · ABABCCDDEE · 40 lines A Winter Dawniambic pentameter · AABB · 8 lines The Forest Pathtrochaic tetrameter · ABAB · 24 lines At Nightfallalexandrines · 24 lines The Truce O' Nightiambic pentameter · AABCCBDDDEE · 33 lines To My Enemyiambic tetrameter · 20 lines As the Heart Hopesiambic pentameter · ABABCDDC · 32 lines Two Lovesiambic pentameter · ABABCC · 12 lines The Christmas Nightiambic pentameter · AAABBCC · 28 lines In an Old Farmhousetrochaic pentameter · ABABCCDD · 40 lines A Requestiambic pentameter · AABCCBDDDEE · 22 lines Memory Picturesiambic pentameter · ABABCDDC · 24 lines Down Homeiambic tetrameter · 20 lines The Choiceiambic pentameter · AABB · 24 lines Twilight in the Gardeniambic pentameter · 29 lines My Legacyiambic tetrameter · 16 lines Gratitudeanapaestic tetrameter · 16 lines Fanciesiambic pentameter · AABB · 18 lines One of the Shepherdsiambic pentameter · 77 lines If Mary Had Knowniambic pentameter · AABCCBDDDEE · 65 lines At the Long Saultiambic pentameter · 96 lines The Exileiambic heptameter · AABB · 16 lines The Three Songsiambic pentameter · AABBCCDD · 36 lines In an Old Town Gardeniambic tetrameter · 28 lines The Seekeranapaestic tetrameter · 20 lines The Poet's Thoughtiambic tetrameter · ABCCAB · 6 lines The Calltrochaic pentameter · 54 lines The Old Home Callsiambic octameter · AABB · 16 lines Geniusiambic heptameter · ABAB · 8 lines Love's Prayeriambic pentameter · AABB · 8 lines The Prisoneriambic pentameter · ABAB · 32 lines Companionediambic tetrameter · 20 lines Youiambic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 32 lines Unrecordediambic tetrameter · 61 lines With Tears They Buried You To-dayiambic tetrameter · ABBACC · 36 lines In Memory of "Maggie"iambic tetrameter · 19 lines Realizationiambic heptameter · ABAB · 12 lines The Garden in Wintertrochaic tetrameter · AABBCC · 24 lines The Differenceiambic pentameter · AABB · 8 lines The Poetiambic pentameter · 16 lines The Mothertrochaic pentameter · AABB · 44 lines To One Hatediambic pentameter · 13 lines While the Fates Sleepiambic pentameter · 24 lines The Farewelliambic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 40 lines The Old Man's Gravetrochaic tetrameter · AABBCC · 24 lines Foreveriambic pentameter · 25 lines By an Autumn Firetrochaic pentameter · AABB · 30 lines

About this text

Public domain. Text from The Watchman and Other Poems (New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1917; Toronto: McClelland, Goodchild and Stewart, 1916), Internet Archive. Free to read, print, copy and reuse.

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