Dramatic Lyrics
Robert Browning's first collection of monologues, including "My Last Duchess" and "The Pied Piper".
Measured across the book
Across its 4,109 lines, 93% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 93% to 94%). Alliteration runs at 1.25 times what shuffling the words would give (0.33 observed against 0.26 expected). 26% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
Incident of the French Campiambic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 40 linesThe Patriotiambic pentameter · ABABA · 30 linesMy Last Duchessiambic pentameter · AABB · 56 linesCount Gismondiambic tetrameter · ABABCC · 125 linesThe Boy and the Angeliambic tetrameter · AABB · 78 linesInstans Tyrannusanapaestic trimeter · AABB · 72 linesMesmerismiambic trimeter · ABBAA · 135 linesThe Gloveanapaestic trimeter · AABB · 191 linesTime's Revengesiambic tetrameter · AABB · 66 linesThe Italian in Englandiambic tetrameter · AABB · 162 linesThe Englishman in Italyiambic tetrameter · 292 linesIn a Gondolaiambic tetrameter · 232 linesWaringiambic tetrameter · 275 linesThe Twinsshort measure · 28 linesA Light Womaniambic pentameter · ABAB · 56 linesThe Last Ride Togetheriambic tetrameter · AABBCDDEEEC · 110 linesThe Pied Piper of Hameliniambic tetrameter · AABB · 303 linesThe Flight of the Duchessiambic pentameter · 916 linesA Grammarian's Funeraliambic tetrameter · 148 linesThe Heretic's Tragedyiambic pentameter · ABABCDCD · 89 linesHoly-Cross Dayiambic pentameter · AABBCC · 177 linesThe Statue and the Bustiambic pentameter · 264 linesPorphyria's Loveriambic tetrameter · 60 lines"Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came"iambic pentameter · ABBAAB · 204 lines
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