Poems
Abraham Cowley as Quiller-Couch chose them for the Oxford Book of English Verse in 1900: 5 poems.
Measured across the book
Across its 177 lines, 95% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 93% to 97%). Alliteration runs at 0.87 times what shuffling the words would give (0.24 observed against 0.28 expected). 26% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
1. Drinkingiambic tetrameter · AABB · 20 lines2. The Epicureiambic tetrameter · AABB · 27 lines3. The Swallowiambic tetrameter · AABB · 10 linesOn the Death of Mr. William Herveyiambic pentameter · 80 linesThe Wishiambic tetrameter · AABBCDDC · 40 lines
About this text
Public domain. Text from The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900, Project Gutenberg ebook #66619. Free to read, print, copy and reuse.