VI. Another, at Chester
The walls of this townAre full of renown,And strangers delight to walk round 'em:But as for the dwellers,Both buyers and sellers,For me, you may hang 'em, or drown 'em.
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VI. Another, at Chester is in the public domain. This text is taken from The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 1, Project Gutenberg ebook #14353; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
Cite as: Jonathan Swift, VI. Another, at Chester, in On Poetry: A Rhapsody, and Other Poems (1727), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #14353, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/swift-poems-vol1/vi-another-at-chester.html, id L25632.
Form and metre
VI. Another, at Chester is 6 lines in a single stanza. It rhymes AABCCB. The metre is anapaestic dimeter, measured from the stress the words themselves fix (confidence 80%).
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Rhyme words, stanza by stanza
The word that ends each line, lettered by the rhyme it makes; a dash is a line whose rhyme the dictionary could not confirm.
- 1 AABCCB townA · renownA · emB · dwellersC · sellersC · emB
Scansion, line by line
Each line with its syllable count and the stresses the words themselves fix: / stressed, ˘ unstressed, · a syllable the word leaves free and the metre decides. Read against anapaestic dimeter. How this is done.
| Line | Syl. | Stress |
|---|---|---|
| The walls of this town | 5 | ····· |
| Are full of renown, | 5 | ···˘/ |
| And strangers delight to walk round 'em: | 9 | ·/˘˘/···· |
| But as for the dwellers, | 6 | ····/˘ |
| Both buyers and sellers, | 6 | ·/˘·/˘ |
| For me, you may hang 'em, or drown 'em. | 9 | ········· |
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