Tartuffe; Or, The Hypocrite
Molière's comedy of religious hypocrisy, complete, in unrhymed English verse standing in for the original's rhymed alexandrine couplets.
Measured across the book
Across its 2,853 lines, 96% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 95% to 96%). Alliteration runs at 1.03 times what shuffling the words would give (0.22 observed against 0.22 expected). 44% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
Act I: Scene Iiambic pentameter · 219 linesAct I: Scene IIiambic pentameter · 46 linesAct I: Scene IIIiambic pentameter · 8 linesAct I: Scene IViambic pentameter · 11 linesAct I: Scene Viambic pentameter · 69 linesAct I: Scene VIiambic pentameter · 219 linesAct II: Scene Iiambic pentameter · 30 linesAct II: Scene IIiambic pentameter · 252 linesAct II: Scene IIIiambic pentameter · 154 linesAct II: Scene IViambic pentameter · 294 linesAct III: Scene Iiambic pentameter · 44 linesAct III: Scene IIiambic pentameter · 44 linesAct III: Scene IIIiambic pentameter · 181 linesAct III: Scene IViambic pentameter · 38 linesAct III: Scene Viambic pentameter · 20 linesAct III: Scene VIiambic pentameter · 116 linesAct III: Scene VIIiambic pentameter · 73 linesAct IV: Scene Iiambic pentameter · 92 linesAct IV: Scene IIiambic pentameter · 8 linesAct IV: Scene IIIiambic pentameter · 120 linesAct IV: Scene IViambic pentameter · 37 linesAct IV: Scene Viambic pentameter · 173 linesAct IV: Scene VIiambic pentameter · 15 linesAct IV: Scene VIIiambic pentameter · 37 linesAct IV: Scene VIIIiambic pentameter · 19 linesAct V: Scene Iiambic pentameter · 68 linesAct V: Scene IIiambic pentameter · 17 linesAct V: Scene IIIiambic pentameter · 114 linesAct V: Scene IViambic pentameter · 142 linesAct V: Scene Viambic pentameter · 22 linesAct V: Scene VIiambic pentameter · 41 linesAct V: Scene VIIiambic pentameter · 113 linesAct V: Scene VIIIiambic pentameter · 17 lines
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