The Bashful Earthquake, and Other Fables and Verses
Oliver Herford's comic verse fables: "The Bashful Earthquake", "The Fall of J. W. Beane", "The Cussed Damozel", "Metaphysics".
Measured across the book
Across its 1,708 lines, 95% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 94% to 95%). Alliteration runs at 1.02 times what shuffling the words would give (0.21 observed against 0.20 expected). 19% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
The Bashful Earthquakeiambic tetrameter · AABB · 104 linesSongiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 4 linesThe Doorless Wolfiambic tetrameter · AABB · 79 linesCrumbsiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 26 linesThe Differenceiambic tetrameter · AABB · 8 linesWhy Ye Blossome Cometh Before Ye Leafeiambic tetrameter · AABB · 36 linesThe Epigrammatistiambic tetrameter · 24 linesThe Silver Liningiambic tetrameter · AABB · 28 linesThe Boastful Butterfly (From the Oriental.)iambic trimeter · ABAB · 79 linesTruthtrochaic tetrameter · AABB · 12 linesThe Tragic Micecommon measure · ABAB · 24 linesAbsence of Mindiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 36 linesLateriambic tetrameter · ABAB · 4 linesThe Poet’s Proposaltrochaic tetrameter · 18 linesMr. Owl, Mr. Sparrow, Mr. Beariambic pentameter · 74 linesThe Snail’s Dreamiambic tetrameter · AABB · 4 linesA Christmas Legendiambic tetrameter · AABB · 46 linesHyde and Seekeiambic tetrameter · 56 linesEnvoyiambic tetrameter · 4 linesThe Legend of the Lilyiambic tetrameter · AABB · 132 linesA Bunny Romanceiambic tetrameter · 72 linesThe Flower Circusiambic trimeter · 76 linesThe Fatuous Floweriambic tetrameter · AABB · 45 linesA Love Storyanapaestic trimeter · 44 linesMoraliambic tetrameter · ABAB · 4 linesA Post-Mort-D’Arthurian Legendcommon measure · ABAB · 20 linesMetaphysicstrochaic tetrameter · ABAB · 64 linesA Fableiambic tetrameter · AABB · 57 linesThe Fugitive Thoughtiambic trimeter · AABB · 64 linesThe Cussed Damozelshort measure · ABAB · 52 linesA Gas-Log Reverietrochaic tetrameter · 54 linesAll Aboard!anapaestic dimeter · 21 linesKilling Timeiambic tetrameter · 79 linesA Songcommon measure · 12 linesAngel’s Toysiambic tetrameter · AABB · 36 linesThe Reformed Tigresscommon measure · ABAB · 40 linesTo C. D. G. and A. B. Wiambic pentameter · AABB · 45 linesTo the Wolf at the Dooriambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDCDCD · 14 linesA Ghost Storyiambic tetrameter · AABB · 63 linesIn Memory Sir Godfrey Beaneiambic tetrameter · AABB · 48 lines
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