Poems (1686)
Anne Killigrew, painter and maid of honour, dead at twenty-five; Dryden wrote her ode.
Measured across the book
Across its 2,114 lines, 95% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 95% to 96%). Alliteration runs at 1.00 times what shuffling the words would give (0.27 observed against 0.27 expected). 9% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
By Mrs. Anne Killigrewtrochaic tetrameter · 13 linesIntroductioniambic pentameter · 81 linesTo the Readeriambic pentameter · AABB · 19 linesAn ODEiambic pentameter · 258 linesThe Sameiambic tetrameter · AABB · 45 linesAlexandreisiambic pentameter · AABB · 92 linesTo the Queeniambic tetrameter · AABB · 82 linesA Pastoral Dialogueiambic pentameter · AABB · 32 linesOn Deathiambic pentameter · 34 linesFirst Epigramiambic pentameter · AABB · 10 linesOn Billindaiambic pentameter · AABB · 6 linesOn an Atheistiambic pentameter · AABB · 10 linesOn Gallaiambic pentameter · AABB · 18 linesTo Worldly Joysiambic tetrameter · AABB · 14 linesTHE Complaint of a Loveriambic tetrameter · ABAB · 48 linesLove, the Soul of Poetryiambic pentameter · AABB · 145 linesThe Miseries of Maniambic pentameter · AABB · 291 linesOn the Birth-day of Queen Katherineiambic pentameter · AABB · 59 linesThe Discontentiambic pentameter · AABB · 118 linesA Pastoral Dialogueiambic pentameter · AABB · 115 linesMelibæus, Alcippe, Asteria, Licida, Alcimedon, and Amiraiambic pentameter · AABB · 281 linesA Songiambic tetrameter · AABBCC · 26 linesPenelope to Ulyssesiambic pentameter · AABB · 26 linesAn ODEABBACCDDD · 9 linesCloris Charmes Dissolved by Eudora132 linesUnder the Discipline of an Excellent Personiambic pentameter · AABB · 130 linesOn the Soft and Gentle Motions of EudoraAABB · 20 lines
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