Analysis of The Sovereign Poet
William Watson 1858 (Burley in Wharfedale) – 1935 (Rottingdean)
HE sits above the clang and dust of Time,
With the world's secret trembling on his lip.
He asks not converse or companionship
In the cold starlight where thou canst not climb.
The undelivered tidings in his breast
Suffer him not to rest.
He sees afar the immemorable throng,
And binds the scattered ages with a song.
The glorious riddle of his rhythmic breath,
His might, his spell, we know not what they be;
We only feel, whate'er he uttereth,
This savors not of death,
This hath a relish of eternity.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101010111 10110100111 111101010 001111111 001010011 101111 1101011 0101010101 01001011101 1111111111 11011011 110111 1101010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 498 |
Words | 93 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 132 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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