Pike County Ballads and Other Poems
Lincoln's young secretary writing in Illinois river dialect and out of it: "Jim Bludso", "Little Breeches", "Banty Tim", "The Enchanted Shirt".
Measured across the book
Across its 3,090 lines, 94% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 93% to 94%). Alliteration runs at 1.05 times what shuffling the words would give (0.28 observed against 0.26 expected). 22% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
Jim Bludso, of the "Prairie Belle"iambic tetrameter · 56 linesLittle Breechesiambic tetrameter · 56 linesBanty Timiambic tetrameter · 56 linesThe Mystery of Gilgaliambic tetrameter · AABB · 47 linesGolyeriambic pentameter · 66 linesA Tale of Earnest Effort and Human Perfidyiambic tetrameter · 80 linesSunrise in the Place De La Concorde. (Paris, August 1865.)iambic tetrameter · 114 linesThe Sphinx of the Tuileriesiambic tetrameter · 40 linesThe Surrender of Spaindactylic pentameter · 26 linesThe Prayer of the Romansiambic tetrameter · 40 linesThe Curse of Hungaryiambic pentameter · ABBA · 44 linesThe Monks of Basleiambic tetrameter · 4 linesPoemiambic tetrameter · 72 linesThe Enchanted Shirtiambic tetrameter · 72 linesA Woman's Loveiambic pentameter · AABB · 33 linesOn Pitz Languardiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 4 linesFirst Voiceiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 4 linesSecond Voiceiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 4 linesThird Voiceiambic pentameter · ABAB · 8 linesBoudoir Propheciesiambic tetrameter · AABB · 25 linesA Triumph of Ordercommon measure · 40 linesErnst of Edelsheimcommon measure · 60 linesMy Castle in Spainiambic tetrameter · 71 linesSister Saint Lukeiambic tetrameter · AABB · 12 linesMiles Keogh's Horseiambic tetrameter · 58 linesThe Advance-Guardiambic tetrameter · 56 linesLove's Prayeriambic trimeter · ABABA · 25 linesChristineiambic tetrameter · 16 linesExpectationiambic trimeter · 24 linesTo Floraiambic tetrameter · 26 linesA Haunted Roomiambic pentameter · AABB · 14 linesDreamsiambic tetrameter · 12 linesThe Light of Loveshort measure · 16 linesQuand Memecommon measure · ABAB · 36 linesWordsiambic tetrameter · 16 linesThe Stirrup-Cupiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 16 linesA Dream of Bric-A-Braciambic tetrameter · AABB · 145 linesLibertyiambic pentameter · 32 linesThe White Flagcommon measure · 20 linesThe Law of Deathiambic tetrameter · AABB · 67 linesMount Taboriambic tetrameter · AABB · 44 linesReligion and Doctrineiambic tetrameter · AABB · 45 linesSinai and Calvaryiambic tetrameter · 40 linesThe Vision of St. Peteriambic tetrameter · 36 linesIsraelanapaestic trimeter · 69 linesThe Crows at Washingtoniambic tetrameter · 37 linesRemorseiambic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 16 linesEsse Quam Videriiambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDCADA · 14 linesWhen the Boys Come Hometrochaic trimeter · ABABCCCB · 40 linesLese-Amouriambic tetrameter · 33 linesNorthwardiambic tetrameter · AABB · 44 linesIn the Firelightiambic tetrameter · 56 linesIn a Graveyardcommon measure · 20 linesThe Prairieiambic tetrameter · 48 linesCentennialiambic pentameter · ABAB · 72 linesA Winter Nightiambic pentameter · AABB · 14 linesStudent-Songiambic tetrameter · 24 linesHow It Happenediambic tetrameter · 40 linesGod's Vengeanceiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 20 linesToo Lateiambic tetrameter · AABB · 40 linesLove's Doubtiambic tetrameter · ABBA · 24 linesLacrimasiambic pentameter · ABBA · 24 linesOn the Bluffiambic tetrameter · 24 linesUnaiambic pentameter · 35 linesThrough the Long Daysiambic trimeter · ABBA · 16 linesA Phylacteryiambic tetrameter · ABAAB · 25 linesBlondineiambic tetrameter · 24 linesRegardantiambic pentameter · 33 linesGuy of the Templeiambic pentameter · 343 linesFrom the Germaniambic tetrameter · AABB · 24 linesFrom the German of Heinrich Heineiambic tetrameter · AABB · 21 linesAfter Heinetrochaic tetrameter · 64 linesAfter Charles Baudelaireiambic pentameter · ABAB · 24 linesFrom the Spanish of Sor Marcela De Carpioiambic trimeter · 44 lines
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