Sunset Gun
Parker's second book of verse, short poems from 1928 on love, loss and the lives of other writers.
Measured across the book
Across its 854 lines, 95% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 94% to 96%). Alliteration runs at 1.23 times what shuffling the words would give (0.31 observed against 0.25 expected). 26% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
Godmotheriambic trimeter · 28 linesPartial ComfortAABB · 4 linesThe Red Dresscommon measure · ABAB · 16 linesVictoriatrochaic trimeter · ABAB · 16 linesThe Counselloriambic tetrameter · ABAB · 12 linesParable for a Certain Virginiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 36 linesBric-à-bractrochaic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 16 linesInteriorcommon measure · ABAB · 12 linesReuben’s ChildrenAABB · 4 linesFor R.C.B.iambic dimeter · 12 linesThere Was Oneiambic trimeter · ABAB · 40 linesOn Cheating the Fiddleriambic tetrameter · AABB · 6 linesIncurableiambic tetrameter · AABB · 20 linesFableanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 6 linesThe Second Oldest Storytrochaic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 16 linesA Pig’s-Eye View of Literature: The Lives and Times of John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and George Gordon Noel, Lord ByronAABB · 9 linesA Pig’s-Eye View of Literature: Oscar WildeAABB · 4 linesA Pig’s-Eye View of Literature: Harriet Beecher StoweAABB · 4 linesA Pig’s-Eye View of Literature: D. G. RossettiAABB · 4 linesA Pig’s-Eye View of Literature: Thomas CarlyleAABB · 4 linesA Pig’s-Eye View of Literature: Charles DickensAABB · 4 linesA Pig’s-Eye View of Literature: Alexandre Dumas and His Son4 linesA Pig’s-Eye View of Literature: Alfred Lord TennysonAABB · 4 linesA Pig’s-Eye View of Literature: George GissingAABB · 4 linesA Pig’s-Eye View of Literature: Walter Savage LandorAABB · 4 linesA Pig’s-Eye View of Literature: George SandAABB · 4 linesMortal Enemytrochaic tetrameter · ABAB · 8 linesPenelopetrochaic tetrameter · ABABCDDEEC · 10 linesBohemiaAABB · 10 linesThe Searched Souliambic tetrameter · AABB · 12 linesThe Trusting Heartcommon measure · ABAB · 12 linesThought for a Sunshiny MorningAABB · 4 linesThe Gentlest Ladycommon measure · ABAB · 20 linesThe Maid-Servant at the Inniambic tetrameter · ABAB · 20 linesFulfilmentiambic tetrameter · AABB · 10 linesDaylight Savingiambic tetrameter · AABB · 6 linesSurpriseiambic tetrameter · AABB · 10 linesSwan Songanapaestic dimeter · ABABCDCDEFEF · 12 linesOn Being a Womaniambic tetrameter · AABB · 8 linesAfternooncommon measure · ABAB · 16 linesA Dream Lies Deadiambic pentameter · 14 linesThe Homebodyiambic pentameter · 14 linesSecond Loveiambic pentameter · 14 linesFair Weatheriambic pentameter · 14 linesThe Whistling Girlcommon measure · ABAB · 20 linesStoryiambic tetrameter · AABB · 13 linesFrustrationtrochaic tetrameter · AABB · 12 linesHealediambic tetrameter · ABABAB · 6 linesLandscapecommon measure · ABAB · 16 linesPost-GraduateABAB · 4 linesVerses in the Night (After an Evening Spent in Reading the Big Boys): Honeymoonanapaestic common measure · ABAB · 12 linesVerses in the Night (After an Evening Spent in Reading the Big Boys): Trioletiambic tetrameter · ABAAABAB · 8 linesVerses in the Night (After an Evening Spent in Reading the Big Boys): Mélange for the Unknown Georgetrochaic trimeter · 20 linesLiebestodcommon measure · ABAB · 36 linesFor a Favorite Grand-daughtertrochaic tetrameter · ABAB · 16 linesDilemmaiambic tetrameter · 18 linesTheorytrochaic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 8 linesA Fairly Sad Taleiambic tetrameter · AABB · 24 linesThe Last Questiontrochaic hexameter · ABAB · 8 linesSuperfluous AdviceABAB · 4 linesDirections for Finding the Bardtrochaic trimeter · 32 linesBut Not Forgotteniambic tetrameter · AABB · 14 linesTwo-Volume NovelABAB · 4 linesPour Prendre Congéanapaestic trimeter · ABAB · 20 linesFor a Lady Who Must Write Versetrochaic tetrameter · ABAB · 20 linesRhyme Against LivingAABB · 4 linesWisdomtrochaic tetrameter · ABAB · 16 linesCodaanapaestic trimeter · 12 lines
About this text
Public domain. Text from Sunset Gun: Poems (Boni & Liveright, 1928), English Wikisource. Free to read, print, copy and reuse.