Millennial Harp 70
The Alarm
1We are liv-ing, we are dwelling, In a
2grand and aw-ful time; In an age on a-ges telling,
3To be liv-ing is sublime. Hark! the waking up of
The verse
- Meter
- 10
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 29% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- A
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
We are liv-ing, we are dwelling, In a˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘10A
Verse 2
grand and aw-ful time; In an age on a-ges telling,/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘13A
Verse 3
To be liv-ing is sublime. Hark! the waking up of˘˘/˘˘˘//˘/˘˘˘13A
Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.