The Works of Garcilasso de la Vega
The soldier-poet who brought the Italian line into Spanish and died at thirty-three.
Measured across the book
Across its 4,024 lines, 94% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 94% to 95%). Alliteration runs at 1.16 times what shuffling the words would give (0.40 observed against 0.34 expected). 9% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
Ecloguestrochaic pentameter · 12 linesEclogue I. to Don Pedro De Toledo, Viceroy of Naplesiambic pentameter · 431 linesEclogue IIiambic pentameter · AABB · 1120 linesEclogue IIiambic pentameter · AABB · 659 linesEclogue III. to the Lady Maria De La Cueva, Countess of Ureñaiambic pentameter · ABABABCC · 376 linesOn the Death of His Brother, Don Bernardino De Toledoiambic pentameter · ABABBCBCC · 243 linesElegy II. to Boscán, Written at the Foot of Mount Etnaiambic pentameter · ABABBCBCC · 162 linesEpistle to Boscániambic pentameter · AABB · 82 linesTo the Flower of Gnidoiambic tetrameter · ABABBCDDC · 99 linesTo His Ladyiambic hexameter · 88 linesWritten in Exileiambic heptameter · AABBCCDD · 48 linesThe Progress of Passion for His Ladyiambic pentameter · 166 linesSonnet Iiambic pentameter · AABB · 14 linesSonnet IIiambic pentameter · AABB · 14 linesSonnet IIIiambic pentameter · 14 linesSonnet IViambic pentameter · ABBAACCADEFEFD · 14 linesSonnet Viambic pentameter · 14 linesSonnet VIiambic pentameter · 14 linesSonnet VIIiambic pentameter · ABBAACCADEFDFE · 14 linesSonnet VIIIiambic pentameter · 14 linesSonnet IXiambic pentameter · 14 linesSonnet Xiambic pentameter · 14 linesSonnet XIiambic pentameter · 14 linesSonnet XIIiambic pentameter · ABBAACCADEDFEF · 14 linesSonnet XIIIiambic pentameter · 28 linesSonnet XViambic pentameter · ABBAACCADEDEDE · 14 linesSonnet XVIiambic pentameter · 14 linesSonnet XVIIiambic pentameter · 14 linesTo Julio Cæsar Caracciolaiambic pentameter · ABBAACCADEFEDF · 14 linesTo Julio Cæsar Caracciola XIXiambic pentameter · 14 linesTo D. Alonso De Avalo, Marquis Del Vastoiambic pentameter · AABB · 14 linesTo D. Alonso De Avalo, Marquis Del Vasto XXIiambic pentameter · 14 linesTo D. Alonso De Avalo, Marquis Del Vasto XXIIiambic pentameter · ABBAACCADEDEFF · 14 linesTo D. Alonso De Avalo, Marquis Del Vasto XXIIIiambic pentameter · ABBAACCADEFEDF · 14 linesFrom Ausias Marchiambic pentameter · 14 linesTo Boscán, from Golettaiambic pentameter · 14 linesTo Boscán, from Goletta XXXIiambic pentameter · ABBAACCADEDEFF · 14 linesWritten from Golettaiambic pentameter · 14 linesWritten from Goletta XXXIIIiambic pentameter · ABBAACCADEFDFE · 14 linesWritten from Goletta XXXIViambic pentameter · ABBAACCADEFDFE · 14 linesWritten from Goletta XXXViambic pentameter · AABB · 14 linesTo the Lady Donna Maria De Cardona, Marchioness of Padulaiambic pentameter · 14 linesTo the Lady Donna Maria De Cardona, Marchioness of Padula XXXVIIiambic pentameter · AABB · 14 linesTo His Lady, Having Married Anotheriambic tetrameter · AABBCC · 18 linesTo the Sameiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 12 linesOn a Departureiambic tetrameter · ABABCC · 26 linesFrom Ovidiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 8 linesComment on This Textiambic tetrameter · 12 linesTo Fernando De Acuñaiambic pentameter · AABB · 14 lines
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