Poems
Allan Cunningham as Quiller-Couch chose them for the Oxford Book of English Verse in 1900: 3 poems.
Measured across the book
Across its 52 lines, 96% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 93% to 99%). Alliteration runs at 1.40 times what shuffling the words would give (0.25 observed against 0.18 expected). 25% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
The Sun rises bright in Francecommon measure · 20 linesHame, Hame, HameAABB · 20 linesThe Spring of the Yearanapaestic dimeter · 12 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.