Poems (1817)
Keats's first book: "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer", "Sleep and Poetry", the early sonnets.
Measured across the book
Across its 1,769 lines, 93% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 92% to 93%). Alliteration runs at 0.91 times what shuffling the words would give (0.31 observed against 0.33 expected). 26% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
To Leigh Hunt, Esqiambic pentameter · 14 linesI stood tip-toe upon a little hilliambic pentameter · AABB · 243 linesSpecimen of an Induction to a Poemiambic pentameter · AABB · 68 linesCalidoreiambic pentameter · AABB · 162 linesTo Some Ladiesiambic pentameter · ABAB · 140 linesTo Hopeiambic pentameter · ABABCC · 48 linesImitation of Spenseriambic pentameter · 78 linesTo George Felton Mathewiambic pentameter · AABB · 93 linesTo My Brother Georgeiambic pentameter · AABB · 142 linesTo Charles Cowden Clarkeiambic pentameter · AABB · 132 linesTo My Brother Georgeiambic pentameter · 14 linesHad I a man's fair form, then might my sighsiambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDECDE · 14 linesWritten on the Day That Mr. Leigh Hunt Left Prisoniambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDCDCD · 14 linesHow many bards gild the lapses of time!iambic pentameter · AABB · 14 linesTo a Friend Who Sent Me Some Rosesiambic pentameter · 14 linesO Solitude! if I must with thee dwelliambic pentameter · AABB · 14 linesKeen, fitful gusts are whisp'ring here and thereiambic pentameter · 14 linesTo one who has been long in city pentiambic pentameter · 14 linesOn First Looking into Chapman's Homeriambic pentameter · 14 linesOn Leaving Some Friends at an Early Houriambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDECDE · 14 linesHappy is England! I could be contentiambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDEDEC · 14 linesTo G. A. Wiambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDCDCD · 14 linesTo My Brothersiambic pentameter · 14 linesAddressed to Haydoniambic pentameter · 14 linesAddressed to the Sameiambic pentameter · 14 linesOn the Grasshopper and Cricketiambic pentameter · ABBCABBCDEFDEF · 14 linesTo Kosciuskoiambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDEDCE · 14 linesSleep and Poetryiambic pentameter · AABB · 411 lines
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