Poems

William Congreve (1670–1729) · 1670–1729

· 24 lines in 2 sections

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

Measured across the book

Across its 24 lines, 98% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 94% to 100%). Alliteration runs at 1.06 times what shuffling the words would give (0.17 observed against 0.16 expected). 33% 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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