Poems

Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837) · 1888

Mixed forms · 1,606 lines in 28 sections

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.

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Public domain. Text from Poems With Introduction and Notes, Project Gutenberg ebook #54991. Free to read, print, copy and reuse.

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