Heliodora, and Other Poems
H.D.'s third book, with the Imagist lyrics gathered into it: "Oread", "Helen", "Lethe".
Measured across the book
Across its 2,186 lines, 95% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 95% to 96%). Alliteration runs at 0.88 times what shuffling the words would give (0.11 observed against 0.13 expected). 27% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
Made and Printed in Great Britainiambic trimeter · 5 linesIoniambic trimeter · 27 linesHoly Satyrtrochaic dimeter · 29 linesLaistrochaic trimeter · 54 linesHeliodoraiambic trimeter · 127 linesHeleniambic trimeter · 18 linesNossisiambic trimeter · 80 linesCentaur Songiambic trimeter · 43 linesOreadiambic dimeter · 6 linesThe Pooliambic trimeter · 5 linesThetisiambic trimeter · 122 linesAt Ithacaiambic trimeter · 50 linesWe Twoiambic trimeter · 30 linesSapphoiambic trimeter · 74 linesFlute Songiambic trimeter · 15 linesAfter Troyiambic trimeter · 28 linesCassandraiambic trimeter · 74 linesEpigramsiambic trimeter · 23 linesSapphoiambic trimeter · 56 linesToward the Piræusiambic trimeter · 116 linesMoonriseiambic trimeter · 11 linesAt Eleusisiambic trimeter · 28 linesSapphotrochaic trimeter · 109 linesTelesilaiambic trimeter · 98 linesSapphoiambic trimeter · 65 linesLetheiambic dimeter · 18 linesSitalkasiambic trimeter · 10 linesHermonaxtrochaic dimeter · 29 linesOrion Deadiambic trimeter · 26 linesCharioteeranapaestic dimeter · 254 linesThe Look-outiambic trimeter · 110 linesOdysseyiambic trimeter · 183 linesHyacinthiambic trimeter · 263 lines
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Public domain. Text from Heliodora, and Other Poems, Project Gutenberg ebook #62456. Free to read, print, copy and reuse.