Poems

Edward Fitzgerald (1809–1883) · 1809–1883

· 126 lines in 2 sections

Edward Fitzgerald as Quiller-Couch chose them for the Oxford Book of English Verse in 1900: 2 poems.

Measured across the book

Across its 126 lines, 96% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 94% to 98%). Alliteration runs at 1.67 times what shuffling the words would give (0.36 observed against 0.21 expected). 21% of the lines have a feminine ending.

Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.

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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.

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