North of Boston
Frost's blank-verse narratives of New England: "Mending Wall", "The Death of the Hired Man".
Measured across the book
Across its 2,080 lines, 94% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 94% to 95%). Alliteration runs at 1.01 times what shuffling the words would give (0.34 observed against 0.34 expected). 35% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
The Pastureiambic pentameter · AABB · 8 linesMending Walliambic pentameter · unrhymed · 45 linesThe Death of the Hired Maniambic pentameter · unrhymed · 175 linesThe Mountainiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 116 linesA Hundred Collarsiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 194 linesHome Burialiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 120 linesThe Black Cottageiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 127 linesBlueberriesanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 105 linesA Servant to Servantsiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 177 linesAfter Apple-pickingiambic pentameter · 42 linesThe Codeiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 116 linesThe Generations of Meniambic pentameter · unrhymed · 225 linesThe Housekeeperiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 232 linesThe Feariambic pentameter · unrhymed · 103 linesThe Self-seekeriambic pentameter · 239 linesThe Wood-pileiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 40 linesGood Hoursiambic tetrameter · AABB · 16 lines
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