The Bakchesarian Fountain and Other Poems
Pushkin's Crimean tale of the khan, the captive Polish princess and the fountain of tears, with shorter poems by Derzhavin and others.
Measured across the book
Across its 1,161 lines, 93% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 92% to 94%). Alliteration runs at 0.92 times what shuffling the words would give (0.24 observed against 0.26 expected). 36% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
A Tale of the Taurideiambic tetrameter · 122 linesTartar Song IABAB · 4 linesTartar Song IIABAB · 4 linesTartar Song IIIiambic tetrameter · 448 linesSongtrochaic tetrameter · ABAB · 24 linesThe Husband's Lamenttrochaic tetrameter · 24 linesBy Dmeetriefftrochaic tetrameter · 20 linesStanzastrochaic tetrameter · 32 linesWritten in 1812, by N.M. Shatroff64 linesSolitudeiambic heptameter · AABB · 24 linesTo My Roseiambic tetrameter · 16 linesTo Cupidtrochaic pentameter · ABAB · 8 linesEvening Meditationsiambic pentameter · ABABCDCDBEBEFGFGHIHIJDJD · 24 linesThe Little Doveiambic pentameter · ABAB · 28 linesLaura's Prayertrochaic hexameter · 20 linesThe Stormtrochaic tetrameter · ABAB · 16 linesTo My Hearttrochaic tetrameter · ABAB · 24 linesTimeiambic tetrameter · 52 linesSongiambic tetrameter · 69 linesTo Marytrochaic tetrameter · ABAB · 28 linesTo Godiambic tetrameter · 110 lines
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