Poems

Thomas Otway (1652–1685) · 1652–1685

· 12 lines in 1 section

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

Measured across the book

Across its 12 lines, 100% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 100% to 100%). Alliteration runs at 0.36 times what shuffling the words would give (0.08 observed against 0.23 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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