Analysis of To Austin Dobson
William Watson 1858 (Burley in Wharfedale) – 1935 (Rottingdean)
Yes! urban is your Muse, and owns
An empire based on London stones;
Yet flow'rs, as mountain violets sweet,
Spring from the pavement 'neath her feet.
Of wilder birth this Muse of mine,
Hill-cradled, and baptized with brine;
And 'tis for her a sweet despair
To watch that courtly step and air!
Yet surely she, without reproof,
Greeting may send from realms aloof,
And even claim a tie in blood,
And dare to deem it sisterhood.
For well we know, those Maidens be
All daughters of Mnemosyne;
And 'neath the unifying sun,
Many the songs-but Song is one.
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEXX XCFF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 11011101 110011101 111101001 11010101 11011111 1100111 01100101 11110101 1101011 10111101 01010101 01111100 11111101 11011 0101001 10011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 542 |
Words | 100 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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