The Rosciad, and Other Poems
Charles Churchill, the satirist Byron admired: the Rosciad and the Prophecy of Famine.
Measured across the book
Across its 14,279 lines, 94% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 94% to 95%). Alliteration runs at 1.05 times what shuffling the words would give (0.35 observed against 0.33 expected). 7% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
Churchill—His Life and Writingsiambic pentameter · AABB · 12 linesThe Rosciadiambic pentameter · 1094 linesAddressed to the Critical Reviewersiambic pentameter · AABB · 421 linesAn Epistle to Robert Lloydiambic pentameter · AABB · 382 linesA Scots Pastoral Inscribed to John Wilkes, Esqiambic pentameter · AABBCCDD · 562 linesAn Epistle to William Hogarthiambic pentameter · AABB · 654 linesBook Iiambic tetrameter · AABB · 248 linesBook IIiambic tetrameter · AABB · 294 linesBook IIIiambic tetrameter · AABB · 474 linesBook Iiambic pentameter · AABB · 500 linesBook IIiambic pentameter · AABB · 678 linesBook IIIiambic pentameter · AABB · 664 linesThe Authoriambic pentameter · AABB · 398 linesThe Conferenceiambic pentameter · AABB · 393 linesBook Iiambic tetrameter · AABB · 526 linesBook IIiambic tetrameter · AABB · 808 linesBook IIIiambic tetrameter · 1267 linesBook IViambic tetrameter · AABB · 1934 linesThe Candidateiambic pentameter · AABB · 806 linesThe Farewelliambic pentameter · AABB · 493 linesThe Timesiambic pentameter · AABB · 702 linesIndependenceiambic pentameter · AABB · 600 linesThe Journeyiambic pentameter · AABB · 166 linesTo Churchill's Sermonsiambic pentameter · AABB · 182 linesLines Written in Windsor Parkiambic pentameter · AABB · 21 lines
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