Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia?
Nekrasov's verse epic of seven peasants who set out to find one happy man in Russia, complete in Juliet Soskice's English.
Measured across the book
Across its 10,650 lines, 88% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 88% to 89%). Alliteration runs at 0.90 times what shuffling the words would give (0.11 observed against 0.12 expected). 64% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
Nicholas Nekrassov: A Sketch of His Life4 linesPrologueanapaestic dimeter · 445 linesChapter I: The Popeiambic trimeter · 500 linesChapter II: The Village Fairiambic trimeter · 498 linesChapter III: The Drunken Nightiambic trimeter · 552 linesChapter IV: The Happy Onesiambic trimeter · 874 linesChapter V: The Pomyeshchickiambic trimeter · 762 linesPrologueanapaestic dimeter · 339 linesThe Die-Hardanapaestic dimeter · 781 linesKlim, the Elderanapaestic dimeter · 652 linesPrologueanapaestic dimeter · 530 linesChapter I: The Weddinganapaestic dimeter · 283 linesChapter II: A Songtrochaic trimeter · 292 linesChapter III: Savyeliiambic trimeter · 563 linesChapter IV: Djomushkaiambic trimeter · 486 linesChapter V: The She-Wolfanapaestic dimeter · 429 linesChapter VI: An Unlucky Yeariambic trimeter · 254 linesChapter VII: The Governor's Ladyanapaestic dimeter · 359 linesChapter VIII: The Woman's Legendanapaestic dimeter · 130 linesPrologueanapaestic dimeter · 219 linesThe Merry Songanapaestic dimeter · 112 linesThe Dutiful Serf—Jacob the Faithful232 linesChapter II: Pilgrims and Wanderersiambic trimeter · 279 linesTwo Infamous Sinnersdactylic trimeter · 96 linesChapter III: Old and Newiambic trimeter · 47 linesThe Sin of Gleb the Peasantanapaestic dimeter · 85 linesThe Hungry Oneiambic trimeter · 389 linesA Cheerful Season—Cheerful Songsiambic trimeter · 132 linesThe Salt Songanapaestic dimeter · 216 linesThe Barge-Toweriambic tetrameter · 38 linesRussiaiambic trimeter · 72 lines
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