How the poets differ, in numbers.

English originals · translations and epics below

Highest and lowest

Highest
Lowest

Across four centuries

Each dot is a work, placed by its poet's birth year; the dashed line is the trend. Dots are sized by length. Click a dot to open the work's analysis.

Against

By movement

The same measure averaged over the poets of each movement, with the spread. Small groups are noted; a movement of two poets is two poets, not a trend.

Two works side by side

All fifteen measures for any two works, with the library median between them.

First
Second

Rhymes the poets share

Rhyme pairs that recur across the library. A pair used by many hands is a convention of the language; a pair used by one poet is a signature.

Order
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Line endings across the library

The words that most often close a line, and who leans on them.

Most frequent end words
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The full table

All works, all measures (click a heading to sort)