Poems
Fifty Pushkin lyrics in Ivan Panin's English: "The Prophet", "My Monument", "The Poet", "The Demon".
Measured across the book
Across its 1,606 lines, 91% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 90% to 92%). Alliteration runs at 0.92 times what shuffling the words would give (0.21 observed against 0.23 expected). 42% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
Literaliambic tetrameter · 4 linesMetricaliambic pentameter · 10 linesPoetic Idealiambic tetrameter · 57 linesInner Lifeiambic tetrameter · 82 linesHence,iambic tetrameter · 49 linesGeneral Characteristicsiambic tetrameter · 169 linesMy Muse IV. 1iambic tetrameter · 136 linesThe Outcast III. 5iambic tetrameter · 48 linesIII. 83iambic pentameter · 32 linesIII. 71iambic tetrameter · 56 linesIII. 14trochaic tetrameter · 286 linesIII. 43iambic tetrameter · 79 linesIII. 42iambic dimeter · 27 linesIII. 39iambic tetrameter · 24 linesIII. 99iambic tetrameter · 81 linesIII. 221iambic tetrameter · 32 linesIII. 146iambic tetrameter · 37 linesIII. 69iambic tetrameter · 12 linesIII. 41trochaic pentameter · 18 linesIII. 38trochaic tetrameter · 20 linesIII. 157iambic tetrameter · 40 linesIII. 160iambic tetrameter · 68 linesThe Poet (Iv. 2)iambic tetrameter · 20 linesSonnet (Iv. 9)trochaic tetrameter · 63 linesIII. 201iambic tetrameter · 4 linesIII. 102iambic tetrameter · 24 linesIII. 131iambic tetrameter · 15 linesIII. 149iambic tetrameter · 113 lines
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