Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie and Other Poems
Isabella Valancy Crawford, who died unknown in a Toronto lodging and is now read as Canada's first great poet.
Measured across the book
Across its 5,776 lines, 97% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 97% to 98%). Alliteration runs at 1.02 times what shuffling the words would give (0.29 observed against 0.29 expected). 16% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
Old Spookses' Passiambic pentameter · 431 linesThe Helottrochaic tetrameter · ABAB · 392 linesPart Iiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 145 linesPart IIiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 265 linesPart IIIiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 275 linesPart IViambic pentameter · unrhymed · 268 linesPart Viambic pentameter · 183 linesPart VIiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 170 linesPart VIIiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 40 linesOld Spenseiambic tetrameter · 348 linesThe Roman Rose-Selleriambic pentameter · unrhymed · 53 linesThe Wooing of Gheezisiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 52 linesBaby's Dreams54 linesMary's Trystiambic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 72 lines"In Exchange for His Soul!"iambic tetrameter · ABAB · 44 linesThe Land of Kissestrochaic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 32 linesSaid the Thistle-Downiambic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 48 linesBouche-Mignonnetrochaic tetrameter · 96 linesBeside the Seaiambic tetrameter · ABABCC · 42 linesThe Hidden Roomiambic trimeter · AABCCB · 36 linesFarmer Downs Changes His Opinion of Natureiambic tetrameter · ABABCC · 90 linesThe Burgomeister's Welliambic tetrameter · 44 linesSaid the WindAABB · 100 linesThe Ghosts of the Treesiambic dimeter · AABCCB · 176 linesGisli: The Chieftaintrochaic tetrameter · 80 linesPart IIanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 30 linesPart IIIiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 36 linesThe Song of the Arrowiambic pentameter · AABB · 24 linesPart IViambic tetrameter · AABB · 173 linesThe Shelliambic heptameter · AABB · 45 linesTwo Songs of Spainiambic tetrameter · 64 linesThe City Treeiambic pentameter · ABAB · 56 linesLate Loved—Well Lovediambic tetrameter · 92 linesLa Bouquetiereiambic tetrameter · 140 linesCurtiusiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 127 linesThe Farmer's Daughter Cherryiambic tetrameter · 88 linesSome of Farmer Stebbin's Opinionsiambic tetrameter · 116 linesThe Deacon and His Daughteriambic tetrameter · 108 linesSaid the Skylark72 linesWariambic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 72 linesThe Forging of the Swordiambic tetrameter · 65 linesRoses in Madridtrochaic trimeter · 56 linesBetween the Wind and Rainiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 101 linesJoy's Cityiambic pentameter · 30 linesThe Canoeiambic tetrameter · 74 lines"My Ain Bonnie Lass o' the Glen"anapaestic trimeter · 40 linesThe White BullAABB · 165 linesMarchtrochaic trimeter · unrhymed · 80 lines"The Earth Waxeth Old"iambic tetrameter · ABAAAB · 72 lines"The Wishing Star"iambic pentameter · unrhymed · 58 linesHow Deacon Fry Bought a "Duchess"iambic tetrameter · 80 linesMy Irish Loveiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 76 linesA Hungry Dayiambic pentameter · 100 lines
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Public domain. Text from Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and other poems, Project Gutenberg ebook #6815. Free to read, print, copy and reuse.