Poems
Thomas Campion as Quiller-Couch chose them for the Oxford Book of English Verse in 1900: 9 poems.
Measured across the book
Across its 155 lines, 96% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 94% to 98%). Alliteration runs at 0.97 times what shuffling the words would give (0.26 observed against 0.27 expected). 16% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
Cherry-Ripeiambic tetrameter · ABABCC · 18 linesLauraiambic trimeter · unrhymed · 17 linesFollow thy fair sun, unhappy shadow!trochaic trimeter · ABBA · 20 linesFollow your saint, follow with accents sweet!iambic pentameter · 12 linesVobiscum est Iopeiambic pentameter · ABABCC · 12 linesHymn in Praise of Neptuneiambic tetrameter · 20 linesWinter Nightsiambic trimeter · ABABCDCDEFEF · 24 linesInteger Vitaeiambic trimeter · 24 linesO come quickly!trochaic heptameter · 8 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.