This is an analysis of The Sovereign Poet by William Watson.
HE sits above the clang and dust of Time,
With the world's secret trembling on his lip.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abba ccdd eXXeX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,5,
- Metre: 1101011101 00110100101 1111010101 0011111111 0101010001 101101 1101010001 1101010001 01001000101 0101111110 11011001100 010101 0101000100
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 13
Repeated words/phrases
his
Anaphora
this
