Poems

Bret Harte (1839–1902) · 1839–1902

· 24 lines in 1 section

Bret Harte as Quiller-Couch chose them for the Oxford Book of English Verse in 1900: 1 poem.

Measured across the book

Across its 24 lines, 100% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 100% to 100%). Alliteration runs at 0.37 times what shuffling the words would give (0.04 observed against 0.11 expected). 17% of the lines have a feminine ending.

Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.

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About this text

Public domain. Text from The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900, Project Gutenberg ebook #66619. Free to read, print, copy and reuse.

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