Laurel · Matthew Arnold

Poems

Matthew Arnold (1822–1888) · 1849–1867

Mixed forms · 10,700 lines in 144 sections

Matthew Arnold: "Dover Beach", "The Scholar-Gipsy".

Measured across the book

Across its 10,782 lines, 95% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 95% to 96%). Alliteration runs at 1.05 times what shuffling the words would give (0.28 observed against 0.27 expected). 16% of the lines have a feminine ending.

Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.

Contents

Quiet Workiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 14 lines To a Friendiambic pentameter · DEF · 14 lines Shakspeareiambic pentameter · 14 lines Written in Emerson’s Essaysiambic pentameter · 14 lines Written in Butler’s Sermonsiambic pentameter · 14 lines On Hearing Him Mispraisediambic pentameter · ABBA · 14 lines To a Preacheriambic pentameter · 14 lines On Seeing, in the Country, His Picture of “The Bottle”iambic pentameter · 14 lines To a Republican Friend, 1848iambic pentameter · 14 lines Continuediambic pentameter · 14 lines To the Same Friendiambic pentameter · ABBA · 14 lines Mycerinusiambic pentameter · ABABCC · 127 lines The Castletrochaic tetrameter · 112 lines The Churchiambic tetrameter · 40 lines The Tombiambic pentameter · AABB · 46 lines A Modern Sapphoanapaestic tetrameter · ABAB · 32 lines Requiescatiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 16 lines Youth and Calmiambic tetrameter · 25 lines A Memory-Picturetrochaic tetrameter · AABB · 64 lines The New Sirenstrochaic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 276 lines The Voice40 lines Youth’s Agitationsiambic pentameter · ABAB · 14 lines The World’s Triumphsiambic pentameter · 14 lines Stagiriusiambic trimeter · AABB · 62 lines Human Lifeiambic pentameter · 30 lines Douglas, Isle of Maniambic pentameter · ABAB · 68 lines To Fausta21 lines In Utrumque Paratusiambic pentameter · ABACBCB · 42 lines To Critiasiambic trimeter · AABCCDBD · 32 lines The Second Besttrochaic tetrameter · 24 lines Consolationiambic trimeter · unrhymed · 75 lines To Faustaiambic tetrameter · AABB · 278 lines An Episodeiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 892 lines Hussein4 lines The Vizieriambic tetrameter · 9 lines Husseiniambic tetrameter · 8 lines The Vizieriambic tetrameter · 7 lines Husseiniambic tetrameter · 104 lines The Vizieriambic tetrameter · 48 lines The Kingiambic tetrameter · 52 lines Sendingiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 342 lines Journey to the Deadiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 875 lines Tristram and Iseulttrochaic tetrameter · 563 lines Iseult of Brittanyiambic pentameter · AABB · 224 lines Saint Brandaniambic tetrameter · ABAB · 76 lines The Neckancommon measure · 68 lines The Forsaken Mermantrochaic tetrameter · 143 lines Austerity of Poetryiambic pentameter · ABBA · 14 lines A Picture at Newsteadiambic pentameter · CDE · 14 lines Racheliambic pentameter · 42 lines Worldly Placeiambic pentameter · ABBA · 14 lines East Londoniambic pentameter · 14 lines West Londoniambic pentameter · 14 lines East and Westiambic pentameter · ABBA · 14 lines The Better Partiambic pentameter · CDE · 14 lines The Divinityiambic pentameter · 14 lines Immortalityiambic pentameter · ABBA · 14 lines The Good Shepherd with the Kidiambic pentameter · 14 lines Monica’s Last Prayeriambic pentameter · CDE · 14 lines Meetingcommon measure · ABAB · 16 lines Partingiambic trimeter · 90 lines III. A Farewelliambic tetrameter · ABAB · 130 lines To Marguerite. Continuediambic tetrameter · ABABCC · 24 lines Absencecommon measure · ABAB · 20 lines The Terrace at Berne (Composed Ten Years After the Preceding.)iambic tetrameter · ABAB · 52 lines The Youthtrochaic trimeter · 51 lines Circetrochaic tetrameter · 10 lines The Youthiambic trimeter · 7 lines Circe5 lines Ulyssesiambic trimeter · unrhymed · 21 lines The Youthiambic trimeter · unrhymed · 15 lines Ulyssesiambic trimeter · unrhymed · 16 lines The Youthiambic trimeter · unrhymed · 168 lines The Chorusiambic trimeter · 44 lines Hæmon9 lines The Chorusiambic trimeter · unrhymed · 22 lines Hæmoniambic pentameter · 4 lines The Chorus24 lines Fragment of Chorus of a “Dejaneira”iambic tetrameter · unrhymed · 31 lines Early Death and Famedactylic trimeter · 19 lines Philomelaiambic trimeter · 32 lines Uraniaiambic tetrameter · AABB · 28 lines Euphrosyneiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 28 lines Calais Sandsiambic tetrameter · 36 lines The Riveriambic tetrameter · ABAB · 20 lines Too Lateiambic tetrameter · AABB · 8 lines Separationdactylic tetrameter · ABAB · 16 lines On the Rhineiambic tetrameter · ABBBA · 25 lines Longingiambic tetrameter · AABB · 16 lines Despondencycommon measure · ABAB · 8 lines Self-Deceptiontrochaic pentameter · ABAB · 28 lines Dover Beachiambic pentameter · 37 lines Growing Oldiambic trimeter · unrhymed · 35 lines A Variationiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 12 lines Pis Allertrochaic tetrameter · ABAB · 12 lines The Last Wordtrochaic tetrameter · AABB · 16 lines A Nameless EpitaphAABB · 4 lines Act Iiambic pentameter · 30 lines Pausanias7 lines Calliclesiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 14 lines Pausaniasiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 7 lines Calliclesiambic pentameter · 22 lines Pausaniasiambic pentameter · 24 lines Calliclesiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 8 lines Pausaniasiambic pentameter · 25 lines Calliclesiambic pentameter · 28 lines Pausaniasiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 17 lines Empedocles5 lines Pausaniasiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 15 lines Empedocles4 lines Pausanias5 lines Empedoclesiambic trimeter · 923 lines Bacchanalia; Or, the New Age I51 lines Bacchanalia; Or, the New Age IIiambic tetrameter · 68 lines Epilogue to Lessing’s Laocoöniambic tetrameter · AABB · 210 lines Persistency of PoetryAABB · 4 lines A Caution to PoetsABAB · 4 lines The Youth of Natureanapaestic trimeter · unrhymed · 134 lines The Youth of Manunrhymed · 118 lines Palladiumiambic pentameter · ABAB · 24 lines Progressiambic pentameter · ABAB · 48 lines Revolutionsiambic pentameter · ABAB · 20 lines Self-Dependencetrochaic pentameter · 32 lines Moralityiambic tetrameter · ABABCC · 36 lines A Summer Nightiambic pentameter · 92 lines The Buried Lifeiambic pentameter · 98 lines Lines Written in Kensington Gardensiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 44 lines A Wishiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 52 lines The Futureanapaestic trimeter · unrhymed · 87 lines The Scholar-Gypsyiambic pentameter · ABCBCADEED · 250 lines Thyrsisiambic pentameter · ABCBCADEED · 240 lines April, 1850iambic tetrameter · AABB · 74 lines In Memory of Edward Quillinancommon measure · ABAB · 20 lines Stanzas from Carnaciambic tetrameter · ABAB · 48 lines A Southern Nightiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 140 lines April, 1855unrhymed · 124 lines Epilogueunrhymed · 14 lines November, 1857unrhymed · 208 lines Heine’s Graveunrhymed · 232 lines Stanzas from the Grande Chartreuseiambic tetrameter · ABABCC · 210 lines November, 1849common measure · ABAB · 184 lines Obermann Once More (Composed Many Years After the Preceding.)common measure · ABAB · 353 lines Saw the Wide Prospect, and the Asian Fen5 lines

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