Poems

Henry Carey (1693–1743) · 1693–1743

· 66 lines in 2 sections

Henry Carey as Quiller-Couch chose them for the Oxford Book of English Verse in 1900: 2 poems.

Measured across the book

Across its 66 lines, 99% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 98% to 100%). Alliteration runs at 0.75 times what shuffling the words would give (0.14 observed against 0.18 expected). 46% 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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