Laurel · Eugene Field

Hoosier Lyrics

Eugene Field (1850–1895) · 1905

Mixed forms · 2,314 lines in 81 sections

Eugene Field, the children's poet of Wynken, Blynken and Nod, in his newspaper voice.

Measured across the book

Across its 2,314 lines, 95% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 94% to 95%). Alliteration runs at 1.01 times what shuffling the words would give (0.25 observed against 0.25 expected). 29% of the lines have a feminine ending.

Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.

Contents

Selected Works of Eugene Field4 lines Hoosier Lyrics ParaphrasedAABB · 74 lines Gettin' oniambic tetrameter · 48 lines Minnie Leecommon measure · 32 lines Lizzieiambic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 32 lines Our Lady of the Mineiambic heptameter · AABB · 73 lines Penn-Yan Billiambic heptameter · AABBCCDD · 72 lines Ediambic heptameter · AABB · 19 lines How Salty Win Outiambic heptameter · AABBCC · 36 lines His Queeniambic tetrameter · 20 lines Alaskan Balladry.—Iiitrochaic tetrameter · 12 lines The Biggest Fishiambic heptameter · AABBCC · 35 lines Bonnie Jim Campbell: A Legislative Memoryiambic pentameter · AABB · 28 lines Lyman, Frederick and Jimiambic tetrameter · 48 lines A Wailiambic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 32 lines Clendenin's Lamentiambic pentameter · ABAB · 12 lines On the Wedding of G. Ciambic trimeter · 24 lines To G. Ccommon measure · ABAB · 12 lines To Dr. F. W. Riambic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 32 lines Horace's Ode to "Lydia" Rocheanapaestic dimeter · AABCCB · 24 lines A Paraphrase, Circa 1715iambic tetrameter · AABB · 12 lines A Paraphrase, Ostensibly by Dr. I. Wiambic tetrameter · 12 lines Horace I, 27iambic tetrameter · 20 lines Heine's "Widow or Daughter"trochaic tetrameter · ABAB · 12 lines Horace Ii, 20iambic pentameter · 24 lines Horace's Spring Poemiambic heptameter · AABB · 20 lines Horace to Ligurine16 lines Horace on His Muscleiambic tetrameter · 15 lines Horace to Maecenasiambic tetrameter · 40 lines Horace in Love Again36 lines "Good-By—God Bless You!"iambic tetrameter · ABABCDCDEFEFGHGH · 48 lines Horaceiambic dimeter · 30 lines Horace I, 23iambic pentameter · 12 lines A Paraphraseiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 12 lines A Paraphrase by ChaucerAABB · 12 lines Horace I, 516 lines Horace I, 20iambic tetrameter · 12 lines EnvoyABAB · 4 lines Horace Ii, 7iambic tetrameter · 27 lines Horace I, 11iambic heptameter · 9 lines Horace I, 13iambic tetrameter · 20 lines Horace Iv, 1iambic tetrameter · 36 lines Horace to His Patroniambic tetrameter · ABAB · 36 lines The "Ars Poetica" of Horace—Xviiiiambic tetrameter · 12 lines Horace I, 34iambic tetrameter · 12 lines Horace I, 33iambic tetrameter · 20 lines The "Ars Poetica" of Horace—Ianapaestic common measure · 24 lines The Great Journalist in SpainABAAB · 35 lines Reid, the Candidatecommon measure · 28 lines A Valentineiambic heptameter · AABB · 8 lines Kissing-Timeiambic trimeter · 32 lines The Fifth of Julyiambic pentameter · ABBACDDC · 16 lines Picnic-Timeiambic heptameter · AABB · 25 lines The Romance of a Watchiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 20 lines Our Babyiambic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 24 lines The Color That Suits Me Bestiambic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 40 lines How to "Fill"iambic tetrameter · 16 lines The Baseball Scoreiambic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 24 lines Chicago Newspaper LifeABAB · 25 lines The Mighty Westiambic trimeter · ABABCDCD · 32 lines Apriliambic pentameter · ABAB · 28 lines Report of the Baseball Gameiambic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 40 lines The Roseanapaestic common measure · ABAB · 16 lines Kansas City Vs. Detroitiambic pentameter · ABABB · 20 lines Me and Bilkammleanapaestic dimeter · 36 lines To the Detroit Baseball Clubiambic tetrameter · 16 lines A Ballad of Ancient Oathscommon measure · 48 lines An Old Song Revisediambic trimeter · 24 lines The Grateful PatientABABCCB · 14 lines The Beginning and the Endtrochaic dimeter · 27 lines Clare Marketanapaestic tetrameter · AABBCCDDEE · 40 lines Uncle Ephraimiambic heptameter · AABBCCDD · 33 lines Thirty-Nineiambic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 56 lines Horace I, 18iambic dimeter · AABCCBDDEFFE · 36 lines Three Rhineland Drinking Songs IAABB · 24 lines Three Rhineland Drinking Songs IIiambic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 32 lines Three Rhineland Drinking Songs IIIiambic tetrameter · 28 lines The Three Tailorsanapaestic tetrameter · AABCCB · 42 lines Morning Hymncommon measure · ABAB · 20 lines Doctorsiambic tetrameter · 88 lines Ben Apfelgarteniambic heptameter · ABABCCCDDD · 47 lines In Hollandiambic tetrameter · 56 lines

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