A Calendar of Sonnets
Twelve sonnets, one to each month of the year, from "January" through "October" to "December".
Measured across the book
Across its 168 lines, 96% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 94% to 97%). Alliteration runs at 1.14 times what shuffling the words would give (0.51 observed against 0.44 expected). 8% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
Januaryiambic pentameter · 15 linesFebruaryiambic pentameter · AABB · 14 linesMarchiambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDCDEE · 14 linesApriliambic pentameter · ABBAABBACCDDCD · 14 linesMayiambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDCDEE · 14 linesJuneiambic pentameter · 14 linesJulyiambic pentameter · ABBABBACDDCCD · 13 linesAugustiambic pentameter · 14 linesSeptemberiambic pentameter · AABB · 14 linesOctoberiambic pentameter · AABB · 14 linesNovemberiambic pentameter · AABB · 14 linesDecemberiambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDECED · 14 lines
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