Analysis of Art Maxims
William Watson 1858 (Burley in Wharfedale) – 1935 (Rottingdean)
Often ornateness
Goes with greatness;
Oftener felicity
Comes of simplicity.
Talent that's cheapest
Affects singularity.
Thoughts that dive deepest
Rise radiant in clarity.
Life is rough:
Sing smoothly, O Bard.
Enough, enough,
To have _found_ life hard.
No record Art keeps
Of her travail and throes.
There is toil on the steeps,--
On the summits, repose.
| Scheme | AABB CBCB DEDE AAAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 101 1110 1000100 110100 10110 011 11110 11000100 111 11011 0101 11111 10111 100101 111101 101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 347 |
| Words | 59 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 71 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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