Meter is very important to the poem, "The Battle of Blenheim."
Explanation:
Examples of the first stanza has the syllables stressed correctly :
1. It was a summer evening and old Kaspar's work was done,And before he reached his cottage door
,Was sitting in the sun,
And by him sported on the green
,His little grandchild Wilhelmine.
2. It was a summer evening,
Old Kaspar's work was done,
And before he reached his cottage door
,Was sitting in the sun,
And by him sported on the green
,His little grandchild Wilhelmine.
3. it was a summer evening, old Caspers work was done, and before he reached his cottage door was sitting in the sun, and buy him sported on the green his little grandchild Wilhelmine.
