Amours de Voyage
Clough's verse novel in hexameters, told in letters from Rome in 1849.
Measured across the book
Across its 1,262 lines, 74% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 72% to 75%). Alliteration runs at 1.11 times what shuffling the words would give (0.51 observed against 0.46 expected). 82% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
Arthur Hugh Cloughunrhymed · 7 linesCanto I10 linesClaude to Eustace261 linesP.S. by Mary Trevellyn19 linesCanto IIdactylic hexameter · 12 linesClaude to Eustace315 linesP.S. by Mary Trevellyndactylic hexameter · 8 linesP.S. by Georgina Trevellyn13 linesCanto III39 linesClaude to Eustace,—from Romedactylic hexameter · 20 linesClaude to Eustaceunrhymed · 38 linesMary Trevellyn to Miss Roper,—from Florenceunrhymed · 9 linesClaude to Eustace136 linesMary Trevellyn to Miss Roperunrhymed · 28 linesClaude to Eustacedactylic pentameter · 37 linesCanto IV10 linesClaude to Eustace,—from Florencedactylic pentameter · 8 linesClaude to Eustace,—from Bellaggiodactylic pentameter · 65 linesCanto Vdactylic pentameter · 19 linesClaude to Eustace19 linesMary Trevellyn to Miss Roper.—at Lucca Bathsunrhymed · 15 linesClaude to Eustace78 linesMary Trevellyn to Miss Roper12 linesClaude to Eustaceunrhymed · 45 linesClaude to Eustace,-from Romeunrhymed · 20 linesMary Trevellyn to Miss Roperunrhymed · 19 lines
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