Kudrun
Gudrun's captivity and rescue, the other great Middle High German epic besides the Nibelungenlied, in Nichols's 1889 stanzaic English.
Measured across the book
Across its 6,820 lines, 79% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 79% to 80%). Alliteration runs at 0.98 times what shuffling the words would give (0.56 observed against 0.57 expected). 52% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
Tale I: How Hagen Was Carried Off by the Griffiniambic heptameter · AABB · 264 linesTale II: How Hagen Slew the Griffiniambic hexameter · AABB · 188 linesTale III: How Hagen Sailed to His Homeiambic hexameter · AABB · 148 linesTale IV: How Hagen Was Met by His Father and Motheriambic hexameter · AABB · 212 linesTale V: How Wâ-te Was Sent to Ireland as a Suitoriambic hexameter · AABB · 672 linesTale VI: How Sweetly Horant Sangiambic hexameter · AABB · 272 linesTale VII: How the Maidens Came to See the Ship, and Were Carried to Hettel’s Kingdomiambic hexameter · AABB · 188 linesTale VIII: How Hagen Followed His Daughteriambic hexameter · AABB · 304 linesTale IX: How Gudrun Was Sought by Siegfriediambic heptameter · AABB · 96 linesTale X: How Hartmut Sent to Woo Gudruniambic hexameter · AABB · 120 linesTale XI: How Herwic Sent to Seek Gudrun and How Hartmut Came Himselfiambic hexameter · AABB · 52 linesTale XII: How Herwic Made War on Hettel, and How Gudrun Was Betrothed to Himiambic hexameter · AABB · 152 linesTale XIII: How Siegfried Made War Against Herwiciambic hexameter · AABB · 228 linesTale XIV: How Hettel Sent Tidings from Herwic’s Landiambic hexameter · AABB · 112 linesTale XV: How Hartmut Carried Away Gudruniambic hexameter · AABB · 228 linesTale XVI: How Hilda Sent to Hettel and Herwic to Ask Their Help Against Hartmutiambic hexameter · AABB · 148 linesTale XVII: How Hettel Came to the Wulpensand in Search of His Daughteriambic hexameter · AABB · 132 linesTale XVIII: How Ludwig Slew Hettel, and Stole Away in the Nightiambic hexameter · AABB · 156 linesTale XIX: How the Hegelings Went Home to Their Own Landiambic hexameter · AABB · 128 linesTale XX: How Hartmut Went Home to Normandyiambic hexameter · AABB · 360 linesTale XXI: How Gudrun Must Wash Clothes on the Beachiambic hexameter · AABB · 120 linesTale XXII: How Hilda Made War to Bring Back Her Daughteriambic hexameter · AABB · 284 linesTale XXIII: How Hilda’s Warriors Landed in Sight of Hartmut’s Kingdomiambic hexameter · AABB · 92 linesTale XXIV: How Their Coming Was Made Known to Gudruniambic hexameter · AABB · 168 linesTale XXV: How Herwic and Ortwin Found Gudruniambic hexameter · AABB · 512 linesTale XXVI: How the Hegelings Landed Near Ludwig’s Castleiambic hexameter · AABB · 124 linesTale XXVII: How Ludwig and Hartmut Met the Hegelingsiambic hexameter · AABB · 300 linesTale XXVIII: How Herwic Slew Ludwigiambic hexameter · AABB · 212 linesTale XXIX: How Hartmut Was Taken Prisoneriambic hexameter · AABB · 268 linesTale XXX: How Gudrun Was Brought Home to Hildaiambic hexameter · AABB · 424 linesTale XXXI: How the Four Kings Were Wedded in Hilda’s Landiambic hexameter · AABB · 116 linesTale XXXII: How They All Went to Their Homesiambic hexameter · AABB · 40 lines
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