the chief irregularity or dissonance is the clash of pitch against stress in "own time." If the line read—
So you're on time, Annie, so you're on time,
there would be an unusual arrangement of stresses and unstressed syllables, a peculiar syncopation, but no great difficulty.[90] Much simpler and clearer is the conflict of stress and pitch in such passages as
Pansies, lilies, kingcups, daisies,
Let them live upon their praises.
Wordsworth, To the Small Celandine.[91]
I only stirred in this black spot;
I only lived—I only drew
The accursèd breath of dungeon-dew.
Byron, Prisoner of Chillon.[92]
and Keats's
Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard.
and Marvel's
Annihilating all that's made
To a green thought in a green shade.`