Poems of William Blake
Blake beyond the Songs: Poetical Sketches, the Book of Thel, and the lyrics of the Rossetti manuscript.
Measured across the book
Across its 1,007 lines, 95% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 94% to 96%). Alliteration runs at 1.00 times what shuffling the words would give (0.28 observed against 0.28 expected). 13% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
The Shepherdanapaestic trimeter · 8 linesThe Echoing Greenanapaestic dimeter · AABB · 30 linesThe Lambtrochaic tetrameter · 20 linesThe Little Black Boyiambic pentameter · ABAB · 28 linesThe Blossomtrochaic trimeter · 12 linesThe Chimney-Sweeperanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 24 linesThe Little Boy Lostcommon measure · 8 linesThe Little Boy Foundiambic pentameter · 8 linesLaughing Songiambic pentameter · AABB · 12 linesA Songtrochaic tetrameter · AABB · 32 linesDivine Imagecommon measure · 20 linesHoly Thursdayiambic heptameter · 12 linesNightiambic trimeter · 48 linesSpringtrochaic dimeter · 27 linesNurse's Song16 linesInfant Joyiambic trimeter · 12 linesA Dreamtrochaic tetrameter · AABB · 20 linesOn Another's Sorrowtrochaic tetrameter · AABB · 36 linesIntroductionABAAB · 20 linesEarth's Answertrochaic dimeter · 25 linesThe Clod and the Pebbleiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 12 linesHoly Thursdayiambic tetrameter · 16 linesThe Little Girl Losttrochaic trimeter · AABB · 52 linesThe Little Girl Foundiambic trimeter · AABB · 52 linesThe Chimney Sweeperiambic pentameter · 12 linesNurse's Songanapaestic common measure · 8 linesThe Sick Roseiambic trimeter · 8 linesThe Flyiambic dimeter · 20 linesThe Angelcommon measure · AABB · 16 linesThe Tygertrochaic tetrameter · AABB · 24 linesMy Pretty Rose Treeanapaestic common measure · 8 linesAh Sunfloweranapaestic trimeter · 8 linesThe LilyAABB · 4 linesThe Garden of Loveanapaestic trimeter · 20 linesThe Little Vagabondanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 16 linesLondoniambic tetrameter · ABAB · 16 linesThe Human Abstractiambic tetrameter · AABB · 24 linesInfant Sorrowiambic tetrameter · AABB · 8 linesA Poison Treeiambic tetrameter · AABB · 16 linesA Little Boy Lostiambic tetrameter · 24 linesA Little Girl Losttrochaic trimeter · AABBB · 34 linesThe Schoolboyiambic tetrameter · ABABB · 30 linesTo Tirzahiambic tetrameter · AABB · 16 linesThe Voice of the Ancient Bardtrochaic tetrameter · 11 linesA Divine Imageiambic tetrameter · 8 linesTHEL's Motto4 linesThel Iiambic heptameter · unrhymed · 42 linesThel IIiambic heptameter · unrhymed · 30 linesThel IIIiambic heptameter · unrhymed · 28 linesThel IVtrochaic heptameter · unrhymed · 22 lines
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