Laurel · John Davies

The Complete Poems, Volume I

John Davies (1569–1626) · 1596–1599

Mostly iambic pentameter · 4,241 lines in 114 sections

Sir John Davies: Orchestra, a poem of dancing, and Nosce Teipsum on the soul.

Measured across the book

Across its 4,260 lines, 96% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 95% to 96%). Alliteration runs at 1.06 times what shuffling the words would give (0.27 observed against 0.26 expected). 17% of the lines have a feminine ending.

Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.

Contents

An Acclamation4 lines Biographicaliambic pentameter · 68 lines T. Ellesmere, Canc5 lines Maties Attornie in the Realme of Irelandeiambic pentameter · 28 lines Jo: Dauys9 lines D. O. M. Sunrhymed · 57 lines D(eo) O(ptimo) M(aximo) S(acrum)iambic pentameter · 66 lines Criticaliambic pentameter · ABAB · 60 lines In What Manner the Soule Is United to the Bodyiambic pentameter · ABAB · 28 lines An Acclamationiambic pentameter · ABAB · 16 lines That the Soule Is Immortal, and Cannot Dieiambic pentameter · 32 lines An Acclamationiambic pentameter · ABAB · 36 lines The Motion of the Souleiambic pentameter · 38 lines Againiambic pentameter · ABAB · 68 lines So in the Essay of Maniambic pentameter · 134 lines Of Master John Dauies Booke of Dancing. to Himselfeiambic pentameter · 34 lines "Power of Musicanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 82 lines Hymnes to Astræaiambic pentameter · 62 lines A Poeme of Dauncingiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 9 lines To My Most Graciovs Dread Soveraigneiambic pentameter · 34 lines Iohn Daviesiambic pentameter · ABAB · 31 lines Of Humane Knowledgeiambic pentameter · ABAB · 180 lines Of the Soule of Man and the Immortalite Thereofiambic pentameter · ABAB · 84 lines What the Soule Isiambic pentameter · 8 lines That the Soule Is a Thing Subsisting by It Selfe Without the Bodyiambic pentameter · ABAB · 116 lines That the Soule Is More Then a Perfection or Reflection of the Senseiambic pentameter · ABAB · 65 lines That the Soule Is More Then the Temperature of the Humors of the Bodyiambic pentameter · 40 lines That the Soule Is a Spiritiambic pentameter · ABAB · 16 lines That It Cannot Be a Bodyiambic pentameter · ABAB · 74 lines That the Soule Is Created Immediately by Godiambic pentameter · ABAB · 12 lines Erronious Opinions of the Creation of Soulesiambic pentameter · ABAB · 32 lines Objection:—That the Soule Is Extraduceiambic pentameter · ABAB · 24 lines The Answere to the Obiectioniambic pentameter · 12 lines Reasons Drawne from Natureiambic pentameter · ABAB · 56 lines Reasons Drawne from Diuinityiambic pentameter · ABAB · 160 lines Why the Soule Is United to the Bodyiambic pentameter · ABAB · 19 lines In What Manner the Soule Is United to the Bodyiambic pentameter · ABAB · 28 lines How the Soul Doth Exercise Her Powers in the Bodyiambic pentameter · 12 lines The Vegetatiue or Quickening Poweriambic pentameter · ABAB · 16 lines The Power of Senseiambic pentameter · ABAB · 16 lines Sightiambic pentameter · ABAB · 32 lines Hearingiambic pentameter · ABAB · 36 lines Tasteiambic pentameter · 8 lines Smellingiambic pentameter · ABAB · 12 lines Feelingiambic pentameter · 16 lines The Imagination or Common Senseiambic pentameter · ABAB · 12 lines The Fantasieiambic pentameter · ABAB · 12 lines The Sensitiue Memorieiambic pentameter · ABAB · 12 lines The Passions of Senseiambic pentameter · ABAB · 28 lines The Motion of Lifeiambic pentameter · ABAB · 4 lines The Locall Motioniambic pentameter · ABAB · 8 lines The Intellectuall Powers of the Souleiambic pentameter · 8 lines The Wit or Understandingiambic pentameter · ABAB · 12 lines Reason, Vnderstandingiambic pentameter · 4 lines Opinion, Judgementiambic pentameter · ABAB · 28 lines The Power of Williambic pentameter · ABAB · 4 lines The Relations Betwixt Wit and Williambic pentameter · 16 lines The Intellectuall Memorieiambic pentameter · ABAB · 36 lines An Acclamationiambic pentameter · ABAB · 16 lines That the Soule Is Immortal, and Cannot Dieiambic pentameter · 32 lines Drawne from the Desire of Knowledgeiambic pentameter · ABAB · 28 lines Drawn from the Motion of the Souleiambic pentameter · 12 lines The Soul Compared to a Riueriambic pentameter · ABAB · 88 lines From Contempt of Death in the Better Sort of Spiritsiambic pentameter · ABAB · 32 lines From the Feare of Death in the Wicked Soulesiambic pentameter · ABAB · 32 lines From the Benerall Desire of Immortalitieiambic pentameter · ABAB · 24 lines From the Very Doubt and Disputation of Immortalitieiambic pentameter · ABAB · 28 lines That the Soule Cannot Be Destroyediambic pentameter · ABAB · 4 lines Her Cause Ceaseth Notiambic pentameter · 4 lines She Hath No Contraryiambic pentameter · 12 lines Shee Cannot Die for Want of Foodiambic pentameter · 8 lines Violence Cannot Destroy Heriambic pentameter · ABAB · 12 lines Time Cannot Destroy Heriambic pentameter · 20 lines Objections Against the Immortalitie of the Souleiambic pentameter · ABAB · 4 lines Objectioniambic pentameter · ABAB · 36 lines Answereiambic pentameter · ABAB · 84 lines Answereiambic pentameter · ABAB · 24 lines Answereiambic pentameter · ABAB · 36 lines Answereiambic pentameter · ABAB · 20 lines Answereiambic pentameter · ABAB · 16 lines The Generall Consent of Alliambic pentameter · ABAB · 36 lines Three Kinds of Life Answerable to the Three Powers of the Souleiambic pentameter · ABAB · 28 lines An Acclamationiambic pentameter · ABAB · 37 lines Of AstrAtrochaic pentameter · AABAB · 16 lines To Astræatrochaic tetrameter · 16 lines To the Springtrochaic tetrameter · AABB · 16 lines To the Moneth of Maytrochaic tetrameter · AABAB · 16 lines To the Larketrochaic tetrameter · AABAB · 16 lines To the Nightingaletrochaic tetrameter · 16 lines To the Rosetrochaic pentameter · 16 lines To All the Princes of Europetrochaic pentameter · 16 lines To Floratrochaic tetrameter · 16 lines To the Moneth of Septembertrochaic tetrameter · AABAB · 16 lines To the Sunnetrochaic tetrameter · AABAB · 16 lines To Her Picturetrochaic pentameter · 16 lines Of Her Mindetrochaic tetrameter · AABAB · 16 lines Of the Sun-Beames of Her Mindtrochaic tetrameter · 16 lines Of Her Wittrochaic tetrameter · 16 lines Of Her Willtrochaic tetrameter · AABAB · 16 lines Of Her Memorietrochaic tetrameter · 16 lines Of Her Phantasietrochaic pentameter · 16 lines Of the Organs of Her Mindetrochaic tetrameter · 16 lines Of the Passions of Her Hearttrochaic tetrameter · 16 lines Of the Innumerable Vertues of Her Mindetrochaic pentameter · 16 lines Of Her Wisdometrochaic tetrameter · 16 lines Of Her Justicetrochaic tetrameter · 16 lines Of Her Magnanimitietrochaic tetrameter · 16 lines Of Her Moderationtrochaic tetrameter · 16 lines To Enuytrochaic tetrameter · 16 lines A Poeme on Daun- Cingunrhymed · 10 lines To His Very Friend, Ma. Rich. Martiniambic pentameter · ABBAABBACACADD · 14 lines To the Princeiambic pentameter · 14 lines A Poeme of Dauncingiambic pentameter · 955 lines

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Public domain. Text from The Complete Poems of Sir John Davies. Volume 1 of 2., Project Gutenberg ebook #44977. Free to read, print, copy and reuse.

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