Poems

William Walsh (1663–1708) · 1663–1708

· 16 lines in 1 section

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

Measured across the book

Across its 16 lines, 92% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 85% to 99%). Alliteration runs at 0.51 times what shuffling the words would give (0.06 observed against 0.12 expected). 12% 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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