The Town Down the River
E. A. Robinson in 1910: "Miniver Cheevy", "For a Dead Lady", the Lincoln ode.
Measured across the book
Across its 1,288 lines, 96% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 95% to 96%). Alliteration runs at 1.26 times what shuffling the words would give (0.26 observed against 0.21 expected). 24% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
The Master (Lincoln)iambic tetrameter · ABABBCBC · 64 linesPoem Itrochaic tetrameter · 32 linesPoem IItrochaic tetrameter · 32 linesPoem IIItrochaic tetrameter · 32 linesPoem IVtrochaic tetrameter · 32 linesAn Island (Saint Helena, 1821)iambic tetrameter · 210 linesCalverly’siambic tetrameter · 32 linesI—The Lureiambic pentameter · AABB · 14 linesIi—The Quickstepiambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDCEDE · 14 linesIii—Requiescatiambic pentameter · 14 linesClaveringiambic tetrameter · 48 linesLingard and the Starsiambic pentameter · 14 linesPasa Thalassa Thalassa Iunrhymed · 16 linesPasa Thalassa Thalassa IIunrhymed · 16 linesMomusAABBCCB · 21 linesUncle Ananiasiambic pentameter · ABABAB · 30 linesThe Whipiambic trimeter · ABABBCBC · 40 linesThe White Lights (Broadway, 1906)iambic tetrameter · AABB · 36 linesNormandyiambic trimeter · 24 linesLeonoratrochaic octameter · AABB · 12 linesFirst Voiceiambic tetrameter · AABCCB · 6 linesSecond Voiceiambic tetrameter · AABCCB · 6 linesThird Voiceiambic tetrameter · AABCCB · 6 linesBut for the Grace of Godiambic dimeter · ABAB · 40 linesAu Revoir (March 23, 1909.)common measure · 16 linesOn Her Fifth Birthdayiambic pentameter · 14 linesThe Sunken Crowniambic pentameter · AABB · 14 linesDoctor of Billiardsiambic pentameter · 14 linesShadrach O’Learyiambic pentameter · AABB · 14 linesHow Annandale Went Outiambic pentameter · 14 linesAlma Materiambic pentameter · AABB · 14 linesMiniver Cheevyiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 32 linesThe Pilottrochaic tetrameter · ABBACCAC · 24 linesVickery’s Mountaincommon measure · ABAB · 56 linesBon Voyageiambic trimeter · ABABAB · 48 linesThe Companioniambic tetrameter · ABBACBC · 14 linesAtherton’s Gambitiambic tetrameter · AABB · 40 linesFor a Dead Ladyiambic tetrameter · 24 linesTwo Gardens in Linndaleiambic tetrameter · AABBA · 95 linesThe Revealer (Roosevelt)iambic tetrameter · ABABBCBC · 64 lines
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