Ballads and Lyrics of Old France
Andrew Lang's 1872 verse translations of French poets from Charles d'Orléans and Villon to Ronsard, Hugo and Musset, with six anonymous folk ballads.
Measured across the book
Across its 894 lines, 95% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 94% to 96%). Alliteration runs at 1.31 times what shuffling the words would give (0.36 observed against 0.27 expected). 21% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
Charles d'Orléans: Springiambic tetrameter · AABB · 12 linesCharles d'Orléans: Rondeliambic pentameter · AABB · 13 linesFrançois Villon: Rondeliambic tetrameter · AABB · 12 linesFrançois Villon: Arbor Amorisiambic tetrameter · ABABBCCDCD · 35 linesFrançois Villon: Ballad of the Gibbetiambic tetrameter · 35 linesDu Bellay: Hymn to the Windsiambic trimeter · 18 linesDu Bellay: A Vow to Heavenly Venusiambic pentameter · AABB · 10 linesDu Bellay: To His Friend in Elysiumiambic pentameter · 14 linesDu Bellay: A Sonnet to Heavenly Beautyiambic pentameter · 14 linesRémy Belleau: Apriltrochaic tetrameter · AABCCB · 78 linesRonsard: Rosesiambic pentameter · 14 linesRonsard: The Roseiambic tetrameter · AABCCB · 18 linesRonsard: To the Mooniambic pentameter · 14 linesRonsard: To His Young Mistressiambic tetrameter · 24 linesRonsard: Deadly Kissesiambic tetrameter · ABBACDCDEFFE · 12 linesRonsard: Of His Lady’s Old Ageiambic pentameter · 14 linesRonsard: On His Lady’s Wakingiambic pentameter · 14 linesRonsard: His Lady’s Deathiambic pentameter · 14 linesRonsard: His Lady’s Tombiambic pentameter · 14 linesJacques Tahureau: Shadows of His Ladyiambic pentameter · 14 linesJacques Tahureau: Moonlightiambic pentameter · 14 linesPasserat: Love in Maytrochaic tetrameter · ABABCCDEED · 40 linesVictor Hugo: The Grave and the Roseiambic trimeter · 16 linesVictor Hugo: The Genesis of Butterfliesiambic pentameter · AABB · 20 linesVictor Hugo: More Strong than Timealexandrines · ABAB · 20 linesGérard de Nerval: An Old Tuneiambic pentameter · ABAB · 16 linesAlfred de Musset: Juanaiambic tetrameter · AABCCB · 43 linesHenri Murger: Spring in the Student’s Quarteriambic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 32 linesHenri Murger: Old Lovesiambic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 32 linesHenri Murger: Musetteiambic pentameter · ABABCDCD · 48 linesAnonymous: The Three Captainscommon measure · 50 linesAnonymous: The Bridge of Deathcommon measure · 32 linesAnonymous: Le Père Sévèreiambic tetrameter · AABB · 28 linesAnonymous: The Milk White Doecommon measure · 48 linesAnonymous: A Lady of High Degreeiambic trimeter · AABCCB · 42 linesAnonymous: Lost for a Rose’s Sakeiambic trimeter · 20 lines
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