The Poems of Leopardi
The greatest Italian poet after Dante: the infinite, the broom on Vesuvius, and a clear-eyed despair.
Measured across the book
Across its 2,882 lines, 95% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 95% to 96%). Alliteration runs at 0.92 times what shuffling the words would give (0.23 observed against 0.25 expected). 10% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
To Italyiambic pentameter · 139 linesOn the Monument of Dante About to Be Erected in Florenceiambic pentameter · 200 linesTo Angelo Maiiambic pentameter · 182 linesOn the Marriage of His Sister Paolinaiambic pentameter · 105 linesThe Soliloquy of Brutusiambic pentameter · 120 linesThe Fables of Antiquityiambic pentameter · 95 linesHymn to the Patriarchsiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 117 linesThe Last Song of Sapphoiambic pentameter · 72 linesThe First Loveiambic pentameter · 102 linesThe Lonely Birdiambic pentameter · 59 linesThe Infiniteiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 15 linesThe Holiday Nightiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 49 linesTo the Mooniambic pentameter · unrhymed · 16 linesSolitudeiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 110 linesTo His Loveiambic pentameter · 65 linesThe Revivaliambic trimeter · AABB · 160 linesTo Silviaiambic trimeter · 63 linesThe Memoriesiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 172 linesNomadic Shepherd in Asia141 linesThe Ruling Thought146 linesLove and Deathiambic trimeter · 125 linesTo Himselfiambic pentameter · 16 linesAspasiaiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 112 linesRepresenting a Maiden Taking Leave of Her Friendsiambic pentameter · 113 linesThe Setting of the Mooniambic pentameter · 68 linesThe Flower of the Desertiambic pentameter · 320 lines
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Public domain. Text from The Poems of Leopardi, Project Gutenberg ebook #53020. Free to read, print, copy and reuse.