Judas Maccabaeus
Longfellow's tragedy in five acts on the Maccabean revolt.
Measured across the book
Across its 1,033 lines, 93% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 92% to 94%). Alliteration runs at 1.18 times what shuffling the words would give (0.23 observed against 0.19 expected). 51% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
Act I: Scene I. — Antiochus; Jasoniambic pentameter · 122 linesAct I: Scene II. — Antiochus; Jason; the Samaritan Ambassadorsiambic pentameter · 54 linesAct I: Scene III. — Antiochus; Jasoniambic pentameter · 42 linesAct II: Scene I. — The Mother of the Seven Sons Alone, Listeningiambic pentameter · 136 linesAct II: Scene II. — The Mother; Antiochus; Sirioniambic pentameter · 99 linesAct III: Scene I. — Judas Maccabaeus in Armor Before His Tentiambic pentameter · 23 linesAct III: Scene II — Judas Maccabaeus; Jewish Fugitivesiambic pentameter · 58 linesAct III: Scene III. — Judas Maccabaeus; Nicanoriambic pentameter · 83 linesAct III: Scene IV. — Judas Maccabaeus; Captains and Soldiersiambic pentameter · 77 linesAct IV: Scene I. — Judas Maccabaeus; Captains; Jewsiambic pentameter · 39 linesAct IV: Scene II. — Judas Maccabaeus; Jason; Jewsiambic pentameter · 97 linesAct IV: Scene III. — Jason, Aloneiambic pentameter · 35 linesAct V: Scene I. — Antiochus; Philip; Attendantsiambic pentameter · 61 linesAct V: Scene II — Antiochus; Philip; a Messengeriambic pentameter · 107 lines
About this text
Public domain. Text from The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Project Gutenberg ebook #1365. Free to read, print, copy and reuse.