The Poems of Ernest Dowson
Dowson's Verses and Decorations: "Non sum qualis eram", "Vitae summa brevis".
Measured across the book
Across its 1,951 lines, 93% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 92% to 93%). Alliteration runs at 1.18 times what shuffling the words would give (0.34 observed against 0.29 expected). 24% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
Versestrochaic hexameter · ABAB · 8 linesWith His Songs and Her Days to His Lady and to Loveiambic trimeter · ABACBACAA · 27 linesNuns of the Perpetual Adorationiambic pentameter · ABAB · 32 linesVillanelle of Sunsetiambic trimeter · ABA · 19 linesMy Lady Apriliambic pentameter · 14 linesTo One in Bedlamalexandrines · 14 linesAd Domnulam Suamtrochaic tetrameter · ABAB · 20 linesAmor Umbratilisiambic trimeter · ABAB · 20 linesAmor Profanusiambic tetrameter · ABABCCB · 28 linesVillanelle of Marguerite'siambic pentameter · ABA · 19 linesYvonne of Brittanyiambic tetrameter · 40 linesBenedictio Dominiiambic pentameter · ABAB · 16 linesGrowthiambic pentameter · ABCABC · 12 linesAd Manus Puellaeiambic pentameter · ABABB · 20 linesFlos Lunaeiambic tetrameter · ABABA · 20 linesNon Sum Qualis Eram Bonae Sub Regno Cynaraeiambic hexameter · ABACBC · 24 linesVanitasiambic trimeter · ABABB · 25 linesExiletrochaic pentameter · ABAB · 20 linesSpleeniambic pentameter · 68 linesApril Loveiambic pentameter · ABAB · 16 linesVain Hopeiambic pentameter · ABBACCA · 21 linesVain Resolvesiambic pentameter · 21 linesA Requiemtrochaic tetrameter · ABCCBA · 24 linesBeata Solitudoiambic dimeter · 30 linesTerre Promiseiambic pentameter · 12 linesAutumnaliambic tetrameter · ABBAB · 20 linesIn Tempore SenectutisABABCCBA · 24 linesVillanelle of His Lady's Treasuresiambic tetrameter · ABA · 19 linesGray Nightsiambic pentameter · 14 linesVesperalalexandrines · ABBA · 16 linesThe Garden of Shadowiambic pentameter · ABAB · 12 linesSoli Cantare Periti Arcadescommon measure · ABAB · 28 linesOn the Birth of a Friend's Childiambic pentameter · AABB · 8 linesExtreme Unctioniambic tetrameter · ABAB · 20 linesAmantium Iraeiambic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 32 linesImpenitentia Ultimaiambic heptameter · ABAB · 22 linesA ValedictionABABCCA · 14 linesSapientia Lunaeiambic pentameter · ABAB · 56 linesSeraphitaiambic hexameter · 14 linesEpigramiambic hexameter · ABABCC · 6 linesQuid Non Supremus, Amantes?iambic pentameter · ABAB · 20 linesChanson Sans Parolesanapaestic dimeter · ABBAB · 30 linesThe Sceneiambic pentameter · AABB · 117 linesThe Lady Love!iambic pentameter · AABB · 219 linesPierrot Withdrawiambic pentameter · AABB · 67 linesThe Moon Maiden's Songiambic trimeter · ABAB · 16 linesBeyondiambic pentameter · ABCDBCBABAD · 11 linesDe Amore52 linesThe Dead Childiambic dimeter · ABABA · 30 linesCarthusiansalexandrines · ABAB · 36 linesThe Three Witchestrochaic tetrameter · ABAB · 23 linesVillanelle of the Poet's RoadABA · 19 linesVillanelle of Acheroniambic tetrameter · 19 linesSaint Germain-En-Layeiambic pentameter · ABAB · 16 linesAfter Paul Verlaine Iiambic trimeter · AABB · 16 linesColloque Sentimentaliambic pentameter · AABB · 16 linesSpleeniambic tetrameter · 12 linesThe sky is up above the roofiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 16 linesTo His Mistressiambic trimeter · 24 linesJadisiambic tetrameter · ABACBABAAC · 10 linesIn a Breton CemeteryABBACC · 18 linesTo William Theodore Peters on His Renaissance Cloakiambic pentameter · ABABCCA · 21 linesThe Sea-Changeiambic heptameter · ABABAB · 19 linesDregsiambic pentameter · AABB · 11 linesA Songiambic trimeter · 20 linesBreton Afternoon21 linesVenite Descendamusiambic hexameter · ABAB · 16 linesTransitioniambic pentameter · ABAB · 16 linesExchangesiambic trimeter · ABABA · 15 linesTo a Lady Asking Foolish Questionspoulter's measure · AABB · 10 linesRondeauiambic tetrameter · 15 linesMorituraiambic tetrameter · ABABCC · 24 linesLibera MeAABB · 21 linesTo a Lost Loveiambic trimeter · ABBAA · 15 linesWisdomiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 12 linesIn Springiambic tetrameter · AABB · 14 linesA Last Wordiambic pentameter · 14 linesThe Diary of a Successful Maniambic pentameter · unrhymed · 14 linesA Case of Conscience I5 linesAn Orchestral Violin I5 linesThe Statute of Limitationsiambic tetrameter · 6 lines
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