Analysis of To Lord Tennyson
William Watson 1858 (Burley in Wharfedale) – 1935 (Rottingdean)
(WITH A VOLUME OF VERSE)
Master and mage, our prince of song, whom Time,
In this your autumn mellow and serene,
Crowns ever with fresh laurels, nor less green
Than garlands dewy from your verdurous prime;
Heir of the riches of the whole world's rhyme,
Dow'r'd with the Doric grace, the Mantuan mien,
With Arno's depth and Avon's golden sheen;
Singer to whom the singing ages climb,
Convergent;-if the youngest of the choir
May snatch a flying splendour from your name
Making his page illustrious, and aspire
For one rich moment your regard to claim,
Suffer him at your feet to lay his lyre
And touch the skirts and fringes of your fame.
Scheme | X ABBAABBAXCDCDC |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 101011 10011011111 0111010001 1101110111 11101111 1101010111 1110101011 111010101 1011010101 01010101010 110101111 10110100001 1111010111 1011111111 0101010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 630 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 14 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 251 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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