Poems
Sir Samuel Ferguson as Quiller-Couch chose them for the Oxford Book of English Verse in 1900: 3 poems.
Measured across the book
Across its 58 lines, 88% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 83% to 93%). Alliteration runs at 1.25 times what shuffling the words would give (0.55 observed against 0.44 expected). 34% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
Cean Dubh Deelishiambic pentameter · 12 linesCashel of Munsteriambic heptameter · AABB · 21 linesThe Fair Hills of Irelandiambic heptameter · ABABCCCC · 25 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.