Collected Poems, Volume One
Noyes at the height of his popularity: "The Highwayman", "The Barrel-Organ", "A Song of Sherwood", "Forty Singing Seamen".
Measured across the book
Across its 14,442 lines, 92% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 91% to 92%). Alliteration runs at 1.25 times what shuffling the words would give (0.41 observed against 0.33 expected). 16% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
The Loom of Yearsiambic trimeter · AABB · 28 linesIn the Heart of the Woods Iiambic trimeter · 31 linesIn the Heart of the Woods IIiambic trimeter · ABABCDCD · 32 linesArt (Imitated from De Banville and Gautier) Iiambic trimeter · ABAB · 24 linesArt (Imitated from De Banville and Gautier) IIiambic trimeter · ABAB · 32 linesArt (Imitated from De Banville and Gautier) IIIiambic trimeter · ABAB · 44 linesTriolettrochaic tetrameter · ABAAABAB · 8 linesA Triple Ballad of Old Japaniambic tetrameter · 80 linesThe Symbolistcommon measure · ABAB · 24 linesHaunted in Old Japantrochaic hexameter · AABB · 32 linesNecromancy (After the Prose of Baudelaire)iambic pentameter · ABCCABDD · 96 linesThe Mysticiambic pentameter · AABCCB · 53 linesPreludeiambic tetrameter · ABABCCBDD · 72 linesPart I: Embarkationtrochaic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 180 linesSongtrochaic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 112 linesPart II: The Arrivaliambic tetrameter · 106 linesSongiambic pentameter · 130 linesThe Cry of the Mad Moonsheeiambic pentameter · 58 linesSongiambic tetrameter · 74 linesPart III: The Mystic Rubyiambic tetrameter · 234 linesSongiambic tetrameter · 24 linesPart IV: The End of the Questtrochaic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 32 linesEpiloguetrochaic tetrameter · AABB · 31 linesApes and Ivoryiambic trimeter · AABB · 29 linesA Song of Sherwoodtrochaic hexameter · AABB · 52 linesThe World's May-Queeniambic trimeter · 92 linesPiratesanapaestic pentameter · AABB · 42 linesA Song of Englandiambic tetrameter · 80 linesThe Old Scepticiambic trimeter · ABAB · 44 linesThe Death of Chopiniambic tetrameter · ABCBAC · 96 linesSong (After the French of Rostand)iambic trimeter · AAABCCCB · 16 linesButterfliestrochaic tetrameter · AABCCB · 120 linesSong of the Wooden-Legged Fiddler (Portsmouth 1805)anapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 38 linesThe Fisher-Girliambic trimeter · 92 linesA Song of Two Burdensiambic trimeter · ABAB · 32 linesEarth-Boundiambic pentameter · ABBA · 69 linesArt, the Herald Iiambic pentameter · AABCCB · 6 linesArt, the Herald IIiambic hexameter · AABCCB · 6 linesThe Optimistcommon measure · ABAB · 56 linesA Post-Impressioniambic trimeter · 81 linesThe Barrel-Organiambic trimeter · 158 linesThe Litany of Wariambic pentameter · AABB · 40 linesThe Origin of Lifeiambic trimeter · AABB · 50 linesThe Last Battleiambic heptameter · ABAB · 34 linesThe Paradoxiambic trimeter · 154 linesThe Progress of Love (A Lyrical Symphony) Iiambic pentameter · ABAAABAB · 8 linesThe Progress of Love (A Lyrical Symphony) IIiambic pentameter · 81 linesThe Progress of Love (A Lyrical Symphony) IIIiambic pentameter · 23 linesThe Progress of Love (A Lyrical Symphony) IViambic tetrameter · ABAB · 38 linesThe Progress of Love (A Lyrical Symphony) Viambic pentameter · 42 linesThe Progress of Love (A Lyrical Symphony) VIiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 50 linesThe Progress of Love (A Lyrical Symphony) VIIiambic pentameter · 54 linesThe Progress of Love (A Lyrical Symphony) VIIIiambic pentameter · 144 linesThe Progress of Love (A Lyrical Symphony) IXiambic pentameter · 160 linesAnwyliambic pentameter · 40 linesEtainiambic pentameter · ABAB · 92 linesPoem XIIiambic pentameter · ABAB · 20 linesPoem XIIIiambic pentameter · AABB · 41 linesPoem XIViambic pentameter · 30 linesPoem XViambic pentameter · ABAAABAB · 8 linesPoem XVIshort measure · ABAB · 117 linesApologiaiambic tetrameter · AABB · 16 linesPreludeiambic heptameter · ABAABAB · 49 linesPart I: The Splendid Secretiambic tetrameter · AABB · 104 linesPart II: The First Discoveryiambic tetrameter · 228 linesPart III: The Hideous Hermittrochaic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 146 linesSongiambic trimeter · 344 linesPart IV: Pease-Blossom and Mustard-Seediambic tetrameter · AABB · 133 linesSongiambic trimeter · 476 linesPart V: The Happy Endingiambic tetrameter · 35 linesForty Singing Seameniambic octameter · 99 linesThe Empire Buildersiambic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 56 linesNelson's Yeariambic tetrameter · 92 linesIn Time of War Iiambic pentameter · ABAB · 28 linesIn Time of War IIiambic heptameter · 42 linesIn Time of War IIIiambic pentameter · ABAB · 88 linesOde for the Seventieth Birthday of Swinburneiambic pentameter · ABBACDECDE · 40 linesIn Cloak of Greyiambic tetrameter · ABABCC · 24 linesA Ride for the Queentrochaic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 66 linesSongiambic pentameter · 1119 linesThe Highwaymaniambic trimeter · 115 linesThe Haunted Palaceiambic pentameter · ABCCBADD · 120 linesThe Sculptoriambic tetrameter · AABBAB · 30 linesSummer (An Ode)iambic pentameter · ABCCABDD · 96 linesAt Dawniambic trimeter · 84 linesThe Swimmer's Raceiambic pentameter · 50 linesThe Venus of Miloiambic pentameter · 30 linesThe Net of Vulcaniambic pentameter · 24 linesNiobeiambic pentameter · ABABCDECDE · 40 linesOrpheus and Eurydice Iiambic trimeter · 39 linesOrpheus and Eurydice IIiambic trimeter · ABAB · 44 linesOrpheus and Eurydice IIIiambic trimeter · 16 linesOrpheus and Eurydice IVanapaestic pentameter · ABAB · 37 linesOrpheus and Eurydice Viambic trimeter · 30 linesOrpheus and Eurydice VIiambic trimeter · ABAB · 56 linesOrpheus and Eurydice VIIiambic trimeter · 34 linesFrom the Shoretrochaic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 64 linesThe Returncommon measure · ABAB · 24 linesRemembranceiambic pentameter · ABAB · 14 linesA Prayeriambic trimeter · ABBA · 16 linesLove's Ghostiambic pentameter · AABBCC · 30 linesOn a Railway Platformiambic trimeter · ABAB · 20 linesOxford Revisitediambic trimeter · ABAB · 46 linesThe Three Shipsiambic tetrameter · 42 linesPreludetrochaic tetrameter · AABCCB · 30 linesPoem Iiambic trimeter · AABB · 11 linesPoem IIiambic tetrameter · AABB · 34 linesPoem IIIanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 10 linesPoem IVtrochaic tetrameter · 32 linesPoem Viambic trimeter · 17 linesPoem VIiambic trimeter · 26 linesPoem VIIiambic pentameter · AABB · 8 linesEnceladusiambic pentameter · 224 linesIn the Cool of the Eveningtrochaic octameter · ABAB · 16 linesA Roundhead's Rallying Songiambic tetrameter · 15 linesVicisti, Galilæeiambic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 79 linesPrologue to American Editioniambic trimeter · ABCABC · 60 linesExordiumiambic pentameter · 167 linesBook Iiambic pentameter · 274 linesSongiambic pentameter · ABABCDCD · 199 linesBook IIiambic pentameter · 199 linesSongiambic pentameter · 123 linesBook IIIiambic pentameter · 69 linesSongiambic pentameter · 811 linesBook IViambic pentameter · 685 linesBook V IIiambic pentameter · 305 linesBook VIiambic pentameter · 147 linesBook VIIiambic pentameter · 141 linesSongiambic trimeter · 149 linesBook VIIIiambic pentameter · 120 linesBook IXiambic pentameter · 133 linesSongiambic pentameter · 326 linesBook Xiambic pentameter · 592 linesBook XIiambic pentameter · 653 linesBook XIIiambic pentameter · ABABBCBCC · 629 lines
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