The Poems of William Watson
New York
Norwood PressJ.S. Cushing & Co.--Berwick & Smith.Boston, Mass., U.S.A.
About this text
The Poems of William Watson is in the public domain. This text is taken from The Poems of William Watson, Project Gutenberg ebook #13179; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
Cite as: William Watson, The Poems of William Watson, (1892–1905), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #13179, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/watson-poems/the-poems-of-william-watson.html, id L11243.
Form and metre
The Poems of William Watson is 4 lines in 2 stanzas. The lines average 4.8 syllables.
Measured by Laurel's pipeline, not copied from a handbook: how stress and metre are counted, how rhyme is lettered, how a drifted rhyme is found. Where the dictionary cannot confirm a rhyme the letter is withheld, not guessed.
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. How this is done.
| Line | Syl. | Stress |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 2 | ·· |
| Norwood Press | 3 | /˘· |
| J.S. Cushing & Co.--Berwick & Smith. | 8 | ··/˘·/˘· |
| Boston, Mass., U.S.A. | 6 | /˘···· |
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