This is an analysis of History by William Watson.
Here, peradventure, in this mirror glassed,
Who gazes long and well at times beholds…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXabcbbcXbXXbb
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1100000101 1101111110 1101000101 11001000101 1110000011 1101110100 110101011 1011011001 11010100101 010100101 0100101110 11010111010 10010111010 01011001010
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
