The Wonder-Working Magician
Calderón's Faust-like drama of Cyprian and Justina, complete in MacCarthy's literal 1873 verse translation.
Measured across the book
Across its 3,367 lines, 93% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 93% to 94%). Alliteration runs at 1.11 times what shuffling the words would give (0.23 observed against 0.21 expected). 55% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
Act the First: Scene Itrochaic tetrameter · 81 linesAct the First: Scene IItrochaic tetrameter · 12 linesAct the First: Scene IIItrochaic tetrameter · 245 linesAct the First: Scene IVtrochaic tetrameter · 21 linesAct the First: Scene Vtrochaic tetrameter · 171 linesAct the First: Scene VItrochaic tetrameter · 25 linesAct the First: Scene VIItrochaic tetrameter · 211 linesAct the First: Scene VIIItrochaic tetrameter · 20 linesAct the First: Scene IXtrochaic tetrameter · 103 linesAct the First: Scene Xtrochaic tetrameter · 46 linesAct the First: Scene XItrochaic tetrameter · 20 linesAct the First: Scene XIItrochaic tetrameter · 25 linesAct the First: Scene XIIItrochaic tetrameter · 41 linesAct the First: Scene XIVtrochaic tetrameter · 40 linesAct the First: Scene XVtrochaic tetrameter · 15 linesAct the First: Scene XVItrochaic tetrameter · 18 linesAct the Second: Scene Itrochaic tetrameter · 46 linesAct the Second: Scene IItrochaic tetrameter · 40 linesAct the Second: Scene IIItrochaic tetrameter · 35 linesAct the Second: Scene IVtrochaic tetrameter · 29 linesAct the Second: Scene Vtrochaic tetrameter · 12 linesAct the Second: Scene VItrochaic tetrameter · 24 linesAct the Second: Scene VIItrochaic tetrameter · 240 linesAct the Second: Scene VIIItrochaic tetrameter · 54 linesAct the Second: Scene IXtrochaic tetrameter · 21 linesAct the Second: Scene Xiambic tetrameter · 48 linesAct the Second: Scene XIiambic tetrameter · 36 linesAct the Second: Scene XIItrochaic tetrameter · 61 linesAct the Second: Scene XIIItrochaic tetrameter · 35 linesAct the Second: Scene XIVtrochaic tetrameter · 8 linesAct the Second: Scene XVtrochaic tetrameter · 62 linesAct the Second: Scene XVItrochaic tetrameter · 43 linesAct the Second: Scene XVIItrochaic tetrameter · 21 linesAct the Second: Scene XVIIItrochaic tetrameter · 270 linesAct the Third: Scene Iiambic pentameter · AABB · 38 linesAct the Third: Scene IIiambic pentameter · AABB · 61 linesAct the Third: Scene IIIiambic pentameter · AABB · 45 linesAct the Third: Scene IViambic pentameter · AABB · 22 linesAct the Third: Scene Vtrochaic tetrameter · 95 linesAct the Third: Scene VItrochaic tetrameter · 67 linesAct the Third: Scene VIItrochaic tetrameter · 15 linesAct the Third: Scene VIIItrochaic tetrameter · 52 linesAct the Third: Scene IXtrochaic tetrameter · 54 linesAct the Third: Scene Xtrochaic tetrameter · 25 linesAct the Third: Scene XItrochaic tetrameter · 27 linesAct the Third: Scene XIItrochaic tetrameter · 23 linesAct the Third: Scene XIIItrochaic tetrameter · 26 linesAct the Third: Scene XIVtrochaic tetrameter · 24 linesAct the Third: Scene XVtrochaic tetrameter · 17 linesAct the Third: Scene XVItrochaic tetrameter · 191 linesAct the Third: Scene XVIIiambic tetrameter · 51 linesAct the Third: Scene XVIIItrochaic tetrameter · 12 linesAct the Third: Scene XIXtrochaic tetrameter · 34 linesAct the Third: Scene XXtrochaic tetrameter · 14 linesAct the Third: Scene XXItrochaic tetrameter · 80 linesAct the Third: Scene XXIItrochaic tetrameter · 13 linesAct the Third: Scene XXIIItrochaic tetrameter · 75 linesAct the Third: Scene XXIVtrochaic pentameter · 8 linesAct the Third: Scene XXVtrochaic tetrameter · 15 linesAct the Third: Scene XXVItrochaic tetrameter · 41 linesAct the Third: Scene XXVIItrochaic tetrameter · 63 lines
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