Poems
William Drummond, of Hawthornden as Quiller-Couch chose them for the Oxford Book of English Verse in 1900: 9 poems.
Measured across the book
Across its 146 lines, 96% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 94% to 98%). Alliteration runs at 1.14 times what shuffling the words would give (0.37 observed against 0.32 expected). 3% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
Invocationiambic trimeter · 47 linesMadrigaliambic trimeter · 14 linesSpring Bereaved 1iambic pentameter · AABB · 12 linesSpring Bereaved 2iambic pentameter · 14 linesSpring Bereaved 3iambic pentameter · ABBAABABCDCDEE · 14 linesHer Passingiambic pentameter · 11 linesInexorableiambic trimeter · 9 linesChange should breed Changeiambic trimeter · 11 linesSaint John Baptistiambic pentameter · 14 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.