Sonnets
The sculptor's sonnets to Vittoria Colonna and Tommaso Cavalieri, on love, age and the stone.
Measured across the book
Across its 1,247 lines, 94% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 93% to 94%). Alliteration runs at 1.19 times what shuffling the words would give (0.49 observed against 0.41 expected). 19% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
The Philosophic Flightiambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDCDCD · 14 linesOn Dante Alighieriiambic pentameter · 28 linesTo Pope Julius IIiambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDECDE · 14 linesOn Rome in the Pontificate of Julius IIiambic pentameter · ABBCABBCDEFDEF · 14 linesOn the Painting of the Sistine Chapeliambic pentameter · 20 linesInvective Against the People of Pistojaiambic pentameter · 17 linesTo Luigi Del Riccioiambic pentameter · 14 linesAfter the Death of Cecchino Bracciiambic pentameter · 14 linesThanks for a Giftiambic pentameter · 14 linesOn His Mistress Faustina Mancinaiambic pentameter · 14 linesOn the Lives of the Paintersiambic pentameter · 14 linesA Matchless Courtesyiambic pentameter · 14 linesBrazen Gifts for Goldeniambic pentameter · 14 linesThe Model and the Statueiambic pentameter · 28 linesThe Lover and the Sculptoriambic pentameter · 14 linesLove and Artiambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDCCDC · 14 linesThe Artist and His Workiambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDECDE · 14 linesBeauty and the Artistiambic pentameter · 14 linesThe Amulet of Loveiambic pentameter · 14 linesThe Garland and the Girdleiambic pentameter · 14 linesThe Silkwormiambic pentameter · 14 linesWaiting in Faithiambic pentameter · 14 linesFlesh and Spiritiambic pentameter · AABB · 14 linesThe Doom of Beautyiambic pentameter · 14 linesThe Transfiguration of Beauty: A Dialogue with Loveiambic pentameter · 14 linesJoy May Killiambic pentameter · 14 linesNo Escape from Loveiambic pentameter · AABB · 14 linesThe Heavenly Birth of Love and Beautyiambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDECDE · 14 linesLove's Dilemmaiambic pentameter · 14 linesLove the Light-Giveriambic pentameter · ABBACBBCDBEDDE · 14 linesLove's Lordshipiambic pentameter · ABBACBBCDEDEDE · 14 linesLove's Expostulationiambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDECDE · 14 linesAmor Redivivusiambic pentameter · 14 linesA Prayer to Nature (Second Reading)iambic pentameter · 14 linesLove's Furnaceiambic pentameter · 14 linesLove's Paradoxesiambic pentameter · 14 linesLove Misinterpretediambic pentameter · 14 linesLove's Servitudeiambic pentameter · 14 linesLove's Vain Expenseiambic pentameter · ABBA · 14 linesLove's Argument with Reasoniambic pentameter · 14 linesLove's Loadstoneiambic pentameter · 28 linesLight and Darknessiambic pentameter · 14 linesSacred Nightiambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDECDE · 14 linesThe Impeachment of Nightiambic pentameter · 14 linesThe Defence of Nightiambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDECDE · 14 linesLove Feeds the Flame of Ageiambic pentameter · AABB · 20 linesLove's Flame Doth Feed on Ageiambic pentameter · AABB · 14 linesBeauty's Intolerable Splendouriambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDECDE · 14 linesLove's Eveningiambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDCDEE · 14 linesLove's Excuseiambic pentameter · 14 linesIn Love's Own Timeiambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDCDEE · 14 linesLove in Youth and Ageiambic pentameter · 28 linesCelestial Loveiambic pentameter · 14 linesCelestial and Earthly Loveiambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDECDE · 14 linesLove Lifts to Godiambic pentameter · 14 linesLove's Entreatyiambic pentameter · 14 linesHeaven-Born Beautyiambic pentameter · 28 linesCarnal and Spiritual Loveiambic pentameter · 28 linesLove and Deathiambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDEEDC · 14 linesLove Is a Refiner's Fireiambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDECDE · 14 linesLove's Justificationiambic pentameter · 28 linesIrreparable Lossiambic pentameter · 14 linesLove's Triumph Over Deathiambic pentameter · 14 linesAfter Sunsetiambic pentameter · 14 linesA Wasted Brandiambic pentameter · ABBA · 14 linesOn the Brink of Deathiambic pentameter · BCD · 14 linesVanity of Vanitiesiambic pentameter · ABBA · 14 linesA Prayer for Faithiambic pentameter · 14 linesUrbinoiambic pentameter · ABBA · 14 linesWaiting for Deathiambic pentameter · ABBA · 14 linesA Prayer for Strengthiambic pentameter · BCD · 14 linesA Prayer for Purificationiambic pentameter · 14 linesA Prayer for Aidiambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDECDE · 14 linesAt the Foot of the Crossiambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDECDE · 14 linesA Prayer for Grace in Deathiambic pentameter · 28 linesHeart-Coldnessiambic pentameter · 14 linesThe Death of Christiambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDECED · 14 linesThe Blood of Christiambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDECDE · 14 linesDialogue of Florence and Her Exilesiambic pentameter · 13 linesThe Speech of Nightiambic pentameter · AABB · 4 linesLament for Life Wastediambic pentameter · AABB · 11 lines
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