Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter and Some Poems
Jonson's epigrams and lyrics beside the prose Discoveries: "On My First Son", "On My First Daughter", "Drink to me only with thine eyes".
Measured across the book
Across its 645 lines, 94% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 93% to 95%). Alliteration runs at 1.03 times what shuffling the words would give (0.28 observed against 0.28 expected). 24% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
Sylvaiambic pentameter · 20 linesAndiambic pentameter · 13 linesTo William Camdeniambic pentameter · AABB · 14 linesOn My First Daughteriambic tetrameter · AABB · 12 linesOn My First Soniambic pentameter · AABB · 12 linesTo Francis Beaumontiambic pentameter · AABB · 10 linesOf Life and Deathiambic pentameter · AABB · 8 linesInviting a Friend to Supperiambic pentameter · AABB · 42 linesEpitaph on Salathiel Pavy, a Child of Queen Elizabeth’s Chapeliambic trimeter · 24 linesEpitaph on Elizabeth, L. Htrochaic tetrameter · AABB · 12 linesEpitaph on the Countess of Pembrokeiambic pentameter · 86 linesTo Celiaiambic tetrameter · 16 linesThe Triumph of Charisanapaestic trimeter · 30 linesIn the Person of Womankind. A Song Apologeticiambic tetrameter · ABABCC · 18 linesThe Turniambic pentameter · AABB · 10 linesThe Counter-Turniambic pentameter · AABB · 10 linesThe Standiambic pentameter · ABABCCDEEDFF · 12 linesThe Turniambic pentameter · AABB · 10 linesThe Counter-Turniambic pentameter · AABB · 10 linesThe Standiambic pentameter · AABB · 12 linesThe Turniambic pentameter · AABB · 10 linesThe Counter-Turniambic pentameter · AABB · 10 linesThe Standiambic pentameter · 12 linesThe Turniambic pentameter · AABB · 10 linesThe Counter-Turniambic pentameter · AABB · 10 linesThe Standiambic pentameter · 12 linesPræludiumiambic pentameter · AABB · 146 linesAn Elegyiambic tetrameter · ABBA · 36 linesPlautusiambic pentameter · 18 lines
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