Poems

John Davidson (1857–1909) · 1857–1909

· 63 lines in 2 sections

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

Measured across the book

Across its 63 lines, 94% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 90% to 97%). Alliteration runs at 0.79 times what shuffling the words would give (0.10 observed against 0.12 expected). 11% 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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