Poems
George Herbert as Quiller-Couch chose them for the Oxford Book of English Verse in 1900: 6 poems.
Measured across the book
Across its 126 lines, 99% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 98% to 100%). Alliteration runs at 0.92 times what shuffling the words would give (0.20 observed against 0.21 expected). 29% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
Virtueiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 16 linesEasteriambic tetrameter · ABAB · 8 linesDisciplinetrochaic trimeter · ABAB · 32 linesA Dialoguetrochaic tetrameter · 32 linesThe Pulleyiambic pentameter · ABABA · 20 linesLoveiambic pentameter · ABABCC · 18 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.