Athaliah: A Tragedy
Racine's biblical tragedy of the murderous queen and the hidden heir, complete, in English blank verse chosen deliberately over rhyme by its own translator.
Measured across the book
Across its 2,346 lines, 94% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 94% to 95%). Alliteration runs at 1.04 times what shuffling the words would give (0.22 observed against 0.21 expected). 34% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
Act I: Scene Iiambic pentameter · 189 linesAct I: Scene IIiambic pentameter · 158 linesAct I: Scene IIIiambic pentameter · 16 linesAct I: Scene IViambic pentameter · 85 linesAct II: Scene I and IIiambic pentameter · 85 linesAct II: Scene III and IViambic pentameter · 37 linesAct II: Scene Viambic pentameter · 176 linesAct II: Scene VIiambic pentameter · 21 linesAct II: Scene VIIiambic pentameter · 215 linesAct II: Scene VIII and IXiambic pentameter · 129 linesAct III: Scene I and IIiambic pentameter · 22 linesAct III: Scene IIIiambic pentameter · 117 linesAct III: Scene IViambic pentameter · 72 linesAct III: Scene Viambic pentameter · 36 linesAct III: Scene VIiambic pentameter · 60 linesAct III: Scene VIIiambic pentameter · 113 linesAct III: Scene VIIIiambic pentameter · 72 linesAct IV: Scene I and IIiambic pentameter · 99 linesAct IV: Scene IIIiambic pentameter · 122 linesAct IV: Scene IV and Viambic pentameter · 24 linesAct IV: Scene VIiambic pentameter · 48 linesAct IV: Scene VIIiambic pentameter · 60 linesAct V: Scene Iiambic pentameter · 62 linesAct V: Scene IIiambic pentameter · 126 linesAct V: Scene IIIiambic pentameter · 28 linesAct V: Scene IViambic pentameter · 25 linesAct V: Scene Viambic pentameter · 66 linesAct V: Scene VIiambic pentameter · 58 linesAct V: Scene VIIiambic pentameter · 13 linesAct V: Scene VIIIiambic pentameter · 12 lines
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