Michael Angelo: A Fragment
Longfellow's unfinished dramatic poem on the sculptor's last years, published after his death.
Measured across the book
Across its 3,506 lines, 94% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 93% to 94%). Alliteration runs at 1.07 times what shuffling the words would give (0.23 observed against 0.21 expected). 48% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
Prologue at Ischiaiambic pentameter · 305 linesSan Silvestroiambic pentameter · 119 linesCardinal Ippolitoiambic pentameter · 364 linesBorgo Delle Vergine at Naplesiambic pentameter · 278 linesVittoria Colonnaiambic pentameter · 303 linesPart Second: Monologueiambic pentameter · 85 linesViterboiambic pentameter · 48 linesMichael Angelo and Benvenuto Celliniiambic pentameter · 257 linesFra Sebastiano Del Piomboiambic pentameter · 284 linesPalazzo Belvedereiambic pentameter · 182 linesPalazzo Cesariniiambic pentameter · 113 linesPart Third: Monologueiambic pentameter · 53 linesVigna Di Papa Giulioiambic pentameter · 50 linesScene IIiambic pentameter · 207 linesBindo Altovitiiambic pentameter · 73 linesIn the Coliseumiambic pentameter · 119 linesMacello De' Corviiambic pentameter · 370 linesMichael Angelo's Studioiambic pentameter · 86 linesThe Oaks of Monte Lucaiambic pentameter · 143 linesThe Dead Christiambic pentameter · 67 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.