Sonnets from the Crimea
Poland's national poet in exile, looking at the Crimean steppe and mountains.
Measured across the book
Across its 224 lines, 97% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 96% to 98%). Alliteration runs at 1.28 times what shuffling the words would give (0.56 observed against 0.44 expected). 5% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
The Ackerman Steppeiambic pentameter · 14 linesBecalmediambic pentameter · 14 linesMountains from the Keslov Steppeiambic pentameter · 14 linesBaktschi Seraiiambic pentameter · 14 linesBaktschi Serai by Nightiambic pentameter · 14 linesThe Grave of Countess Potockaiambic pentameter · 14 linesThe Graves of the Haremiambic pentameter · 14 linesBaydaryiambic pentameter · 14 linesAlushta by Dayiambic pentameter · 14 linesAlushta by Nightiambic pentameter · 14 linesTschatir Daghiambic pentameter · ABBAABBA · 28 linesThe Pass Across the Abyss in the Tschufut-Kaleiambic pentameter · AABB · 28 linesThe Ruins of Balaclavaiambic pentameter · 14 linesOn Juda's Cliffiambic pentameter · 14 lines
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Public domain. Text from Sonnets from the Crimea, Project Gutenberg ebook #27069. Free to read, print, copy and reuse.