Bitter-Sweet
Holland's verse drama of a New England family arguing the problem of evil on Thanksgiving night, with its interludes "A Song of Doubt" and "A Song of Faith".
Measured across the book
Across its 3,159 lines, 93% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 93% to 94%). Alliteration runs at 1.13 times what shuffling the words would give (0.32 observed against 0.28 expected). 24% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
Pictureiambic pentameter · 79 linesPersonsiambic pentameter · 54 linesPreludeiambic pentameter · 27 linesA Song of Doubtiambic pentameter · ABAB · 20 linesA Song of Faithiambic pentameter · 566 linesThe Hymniambic tetrameter · 2413 lines
About this text
Public domain. Text from Bitter-Sweet: A Poem, Project Gutenberg ebook #6442. Free to read, print, copy and reuse.