Analysis of Reluctant Summer

William Watson 1858 (Burley in Wharfedale) – 1935 (Rottingdean)



Reluctant Summer! once, a maid
Full easy of access,
In many a bee-frequented shade
Thou didst thy lover bless.
Divinely unreproved I played,
Then, with each liberal tress--
And art thou grown at last afraid
Of some too close caress?

Or deem'st that if thou shouldst abide
My passion might decay?
Thou leav'st me pining and denied,
Coyly thou say'st me nay.
Ev'n as I woo thee to my side,
Thou, importuned to stay,
Like Orpheus' half-recovered bride
Ebb'st from my arms away.


Scheme ABABABAB CDCDCDCD
Poetic Form
Metre 01010101 11011 010011001 111101 010111 1111001 01111101 111101 111111101 110101 11110001 1011111 111111111 1111 110010101 1111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 467
Words 85
Sentences 7
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 8
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 184
Words per stanza (avg) 42
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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William Watson

William Watson, was a surgeon in the 105th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers during the American Civil War. more…

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