Sonnets
Sixty sonnets and a canzone from the poems Campanella wrote in prison, in Symonds's rhymed English of 1878, with the Italian beside each.
Measured across the book
Across its 976 lines, 91% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 90% to 92%). Alliteration runs at 1.21 times what shuffling the words would give (0.45 observed against 0.37 expected). 19% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
The Proemiambic pentameter · 14 linesTo the Poetsiambic pentameter · ABBABCCBCDEDED · 14 linesThe Universeiambic pentameter · 14 linesThe Souliambic pentameter · 14 linesThe Book of Natureiambic pentameter · ABBACBBCDEFDEF · 14 linesAn Exhortation to Mankindiambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDCEDE · 14 linesThe Brood of Ignoranceiambic pentameter · 14 linesSelf-Loveiambic pentameter · 14 linesLove of Self and Godiambic pentameter · 14 linesEarthly and Divine Loveiambic pentameter · 14 linesThe Philosopheriambic pentameter · ABBA · 14 linesA Parable of Wise Men and the Worldiambic pentameter · ABBA · 14 linesThe World's a Stageiambic pentameter · ABBA · 14 linesThe Human Comedyiambic pentameter · 14 linesThe True Kingsiambic pentameter · ABBA · 14 linesWhat Makes a Kingiambic pentameter · 14 linesTo Jesus Christiambic pentameter · 14 linesTo Deathiambic pentameter · 14 linesOn the Sepulchre of Christ, No. 1iambic pentameter · 14 linesOn the Sepulchre of Christ, No. 2iambic pentameter · 14 linesThe Resurrectioniambic pentameter · 14 linesIdeal Loveiambic pentameter · 14 linesThe Modern Cupidiambic pentameter · 14 linesTrue and False Nobilityiambic pentameter · 14 linesThe Peopleiambic pentameter · AABB · 14 linesConscienceiambic pentameter · 14 linesThe Bad Princeiambic pentameter · AABB · 14 linesOn Italyiambic pentameter · 14 linesTo Veniceiambic pentameter · 14 linesTo Genoaiambic pentameter · 14 linesTo Polandiambic pentameter · 14 linesTo the Swissiambic pentameter · ABBACDDCEFGFEG · 14 linesThe Samaritaniambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDCEDEDFF · 17 linesHypocritesiambic pentameter · 14 linesSophistsiambic pentameter · 14 linesAgainst Hypocritesiambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDEDCE · 14 linesOn the Lord's Prayer, No. 1iambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDECDE · 14 linesOn the Lord's Prayer, No. 2iambic pentameter · 14 linesOn the Lord's Prayer, No. 3iambic pentameter · 14 linesA Prophecy of Judgment, No. 1: The Reign of Antichristiambic pentameter · 14 linesA Prophecy of Judgment, No. 2: The Doom of the Impiousiambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDCDCD · 14 linesA Prophecy of Judgment, No. 3: The Golden Ageiambic pentameter · 14 linesThe Millenniumiambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDCDCD · 14 linesThe Presentiambic pentameter · 14 linesThe Futureiambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDEDEC · 14 linesThe Year 1603iambic pentameter · 14 linesNebuchadnezzar's Imageiambic pentameter · 14 linesThe Dungeoniambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDECED · 14 linesThe Sage on Earthiambic pentameter · 14 linesThe Price of Freedomiambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDECDE · 14 linesApology by Paradoxiambic pentameter · 14 linesThe Soul's Apologyiambic pentameter · 14 linesTo God on Prayeriambic pentameter · 14 linesTo God for Helpiambic pentameter · 14 linesA Writer of Ecloguesiambic pentameter · 14 linesTo Telesius of Cosenzaiambic pentameter · 14 linesTo Ridolfo di Binaiambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDECED · 14 linesTo Tobia Adamiiambic pentameter · 14 linesA Sonnet on Caucasusiambic pentameter · 14 linesGod Made and God Rulesiambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDECDE · 14 linesPrayer to God from Prisoniambic pentameter · 133 lines
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Public domain. Text from The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella, Project Gutenberg ebook #10314. Free to read, print, copy and reuse.