The Farmer's Bride
Charlotte Mew's one book: the title poem, "The Changeling", "Madeleine in Church".
Measured across the book
Across its 1,281 lines, 95% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 94% to 96%). Alliteration runs at 1.20 times what shuffling the words would give (0.40 observed against 0.33 expected). 20% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
The Farmer’s Brideiambic tetrameter · AABB · 46 linesFameiambic pentameter · ABBACDCDCDDEDEDDFGGHFIIH · 24 linesThe Narrow Dooriambic pentameter · AABB · 17 linesThe Fêteiambic pentameter · 161 linesBeside the Bediambic pentameter · 16 linesIn Nunhead Cemeteryiambic pentameter · 85 linesThe Pedlariambic pentameter · ABAB · 16 linesPécheresseiambic tetrameter · ABABB · 45 linesThe Changelingiambic tetrameter · 74 linesKeniambic tetrameter · 85 linesÀ Quoi Bon DireABAB · 13 linesThe Quiet Houseiambic pentameter · 70 linesOn the Asylum Roadiambic pentameter · ABAB · 18 linesJour Des Morts (Cimetière Montparnasse)iambic hexameter · 6 linesThe Forest Roadiambic pentameter · 77 linesMadeleine in Churchiambic pentameter · 263 linesExspecto Resurrectionemiambic dimeter · 12 linesOn the Road to the Seaiambic pentameter · 62 linesThe Sunlit Houseiambic pentameter · ABAABCCDDDCEEED · 15 linesThe Shade-Catchersiambic pentameter · 38 linesSongiambic trimeter · 16 linesSaturday Marketiambic pentameter · ABAB · 36 linesArracombe Woodiambic pentameter · 20 linesSea Loveiambic pentameter · 8 linesThe Road to Kérityiambic pentameter · 12 linesI Have Been Through the Gatesiambic pentameter · 14 linesThe Cenotaphiambic pentameter · 32 lines
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