The Works of the Earl of Rochester
John Wilmot: the wit, the obscenity and the despair of the Restoration court.
Measured across the book
Across its 1,531 lines, 94% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 94% to 95%). Alliteration runs at 0.97 times what shuffling the words would give (0.28 observed against 0.28 expected). 14% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
The Contentsiambic pentameter · AABB · 4 linesA Satire Against Mankindiambic pentameter · AABB · 173 linesTunbridge-Wells: A Satireiambic pentameter · 309 linesA Satire Against Marriageiambic pentameter · AABB · 344 linesFareweliambic pentameter · 100 linesTHE Maim'd Debaucheeiambic pentameter · ABAB · 44 linesThe Adviceiambic pentameter · AABB · 44 linesThe Discoveryiambic pentameter · AABB · 36 linesTo Loveiambic pentameter · AABB · 59 linesA Songcommon measure · 366 linesTo a Lady: In a Letter. A Songcommon measure · 28 linesThe Answertrochaic tetrameter · ABAB · 24 lines
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Public domain. Text from The Works of the Right Honourable John, Earl of Rochester Consisting of Satires, Songs, Translations, and other Occasional Poems, Project Gutenberg ebook #44891. Free to read, print, copy and reuse.