Poems
Fifty-three poems from Rilke's Book of Pictures, New Poems and Book of Hours in Jessie Lemont's English verse of 1918, with the German beside them.
Measured across the book
Across its 699 lines, 94% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 93% to 96%). Alliteration runs at 1.12 times what shuffling the words would give (0.40 observed against 0.36 expected). 16% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
Eveningiambic trimeter · 8 linesMary Virginiambic trimeter · 13 linesPresagingiambic pentameter · 8 linesAutumniambic pentameter · 9 linesSilent Houriambic pentameter · AABB · 12 linesThe Angelsiambic tetrameter · 13 linesSolitudeiambic pentameter · 13 linesKings in Legendsiambic pentameter · ABABCDCD · 8 linesThe Knightiambic tetrameter · 18 linesThe Boyiambic pentameter · ABCBCDDEEFFGHHGAIAI · 19 linesInitiationiambic pentameter · ABABCDCDEFFE · 12 linesThe Neighbouriambic pentameter · 12 linesSong of the Statueiambic tetrameter · 18 linesMaidens Iiambic tetrameter · 12 linesMaidens IIiambic pentameter · ABBA · 24 linesThe Brideiambic pentameter · ABBA · 8 linesAutumnal Dayiambic pentameter · 12 linesMoonlight Nightiambic pentameter · 8 linesIn Apriliambic pentameter · ABAB · 12 linesMemories of a Childhoodiambic pentameter · ABBA · 16 linesDeathiambic pentameter · AABB · 6 linesThe Ashanteeiambic pentameter · ABAB · 20 linesRemembranceanapaestic trimeter · ABABA · 14 linesMusiciambic pentameter · ABAB · 16 linesMaiden Melancholyiambic tetrameter · 19 linesMaidens at Confirmationiambic pentameter · ABBA · 34 linesThe Woman Who Lovesiambic pentameter · 15 linesPont du Carrouseliambic pentameter · ABAB · 10 linesMadnesscommon measure · ABAB · 24 linesLamentiambic pentameter · 14 linesSymbolsiambic pentameter · AABB · 6 linesEarly Apolloiambic pentameter · ABAB · 12 linesThe Tomb of a Young Girliambic pentameter · 11 linesThe Poetiambic pentameter · ABAB · 8 linesThe Pantheriambic pentameter · ABAB · 12 linesGrowing Blindiambic pentameter · ABAB · 16 linesThe Spanish Danceriambic pentameter · AABB · 19 linesOfferingiambic pentameter · ABAB · 13 linesLove Songiambic pentameter · AABB · 9 linesArchaic Torso of Apolloiambic pentameter · ABABCDCDEFEFGG · 14 linesI Live my Life in Circlesiambic pentameter · ABAB · 10 linesMany have Painted Heriambic pentameter · AABB · 12 linesIn Cassocks Cladiambic pentameter · 11 linesThou Anxious Oneiambic pentameter · ABAB · 13 linesI Love My Life's Dark Hoursiambic pentameter · ABABCC · 14 linesBy Day Thou Art The Legend and The Dreamiambic pentameter · ABAB · 8 linesAll Those Who Seek Theeiambic tetrameter · 14 linesIn a House Was Oneanapaestic tetrameter · ABABCC · 12 linesExtinguish My Eyesiambic pentameter · ABABACACDD · 10 linesIn the Deep Nightsiambic pentameter · ABAB · 16 linesHer Mouthiambic pentameter · ABBACC · 6 linesAlone Thou Wanderestiambic tetrameter · AABB · 10 linesA Watcher of Thy Spacesiambic tetrameter · ABABCDCDEFEFGHGH · 16 lines
About this text
Public domain. Text from Poems, translated by Jessie Lemont, with an introduction by H.T. (New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1918), Project Gutenberg ebook #38594. Free to read, print, copy and reuse.