Mountain Interval
Frost's third book: "The Road Not Taken", "Birches", "Out, Out—".
Measured across the book
Across its 1,435 lines, 95% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 94% to 96%). Alliteration runs at 1.07 times what shuffling the words would give (0.35 observed against 0.32 expected). 29% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
The Road Not Takeniambic tetrameter · ABAAB · 20 linesChristmas Treesiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 60 linesAn Old Man's Winter Nightiambic pentameter · 28 linesA Patch of Old Snow8 linesIn the Home Stretchiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 218 linesThe Telephoneiambic pentameter · 16 linesMeeting and Passingiambic pentameter · 14 linesHyla Brookiambic pentameter · ABBACCADDEEFGFG · 15 linesThe Oven Birdiambic pentameter · AABCBDCDEEFGFG · 14 linesBond and Freeiambic tetrameter · ABBAA · 20 linesBirchesiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 60 linesPea Brushiambic pentameter · ABAB · 24 linesPutting in the Seediambic pentameter · 14 linesA Time to Talkiambic tetrameter · 10 linesThe Cow in Apple Timeiambic pentameter · AABB · 11 linesAn Encounteriambic pentameter · ABBCADCEDECFGCFHHGIJKKIJ · 24 linesRange-Findingiambic pentameter · 14 linesLonelinesscommon measure · 12 linesHouse Feariambic pentameter · AABB · 10 linesThe Smileiambic pentameter · AABCBCDCDCEE · 12 linesThe Oft-Repeated Dreamiambic tetrameter · 12 linesThe Impulseiambic dimeter · 28 linesThe Bonfireiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 111 linesA Girl's Gardencommon measure · 48 linesThe Exposed Nestiambic pentameter · 36 lines"Out, Out—"iambic pentameter · unrhymed · 34 linesThe Willy-Nilly Slideiambic tetrameter · 76 linesThe Gum-Gathereriambic tetrameter · 39 linesThe Line-Gangiambic pentameter · ABCCABDEDEFDF · 13 linesThe Vanishing Rediambic pentameter · unrhymed · 29 linesSnowiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 355 linesThe Sound of the Treesiambic trimeter · ABACDEDCBFEFGEHGEHBIIBJEJ · 25 linesGrace Hazard Conkling's Wilderness Songs9 linesLew Sarrett's Many Many Moonstrochaic trimeter · unrhymed · 8 linesTranscriber Changesiambic hexameter · 8 lines
About this text
Public domain. Text from Mountain Interval, Project Gutenberg ebook #29345. Free to read, print, copy and reuse.