Poems
Samuel Rogers, the banker poet of The Pleasures of Memory, whose breakfasts fed literary London.
Measured across the book
Across its 2,433 lines, 95% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 95% to 96%). Alliteration runs at 1.25 times what shuffling the words would give (0.42 observed against 0.34 expected). 8% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
Londoniambic pentameter · AABB · 18 linesThe Pleasures of Memoryiambic pentameter · AABB · 807 linesOde to Superstition I. 1iambic pentameter · ABBACCDDEFEFGG · 14 linesOde to Superstition I. 2iambic pentameter · ABBACCDDEBEBFF · 14 linesOde to Superstition I. 3iambic tetrameter · AABCBCDDEFEFGHGHIIJKJKLL · 24 linesOde to Superstition II. 1iambic pentameter · ABBACCDDEFEFGG · 14 linesOde to Superstition II. 2iambic pentameter · ABBACCDDEFEFGG · 14 linesOde to Superstition II. 3iambic tetrameter · 23 linesOde to Superstition III. 1iambic pentameter · 14 linesOde to Superstition III. 2iambic pentameter · ABBACCDDEFEFGG · 14 linesOde to Superstition III. 3iambic tetrameter · AABCBCDDEFEFGHGHIIJKJKLL · 24 linesThe Hieroglyphicsiambic pentameter · 4 linesVerses, Written to Be Spoken By, Mrs. Siddonsiambic pentameter · ABAB · 96 linesThe Sailoriambic pentameter · ABAB · 32 linesVirgiambic tetrameter · ABAAB · 30 linesFragments from Euripidesiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 14 linesTwo Sistersiambic pentameter · ABAB · 20 linesWritten at Midnightiambic pentameter · ABABCC · 6 linesOn a Teariambic tetrameter · ABAB · 24 linesTo a Voice That Had Been Lostiambic tetrameter · AABB · 31 linesFrom a Greek Epigramiambic pentameter · ABAB · 43 linesWritten in a Sick Chamberiambic pentameter · ABAB · 8 linesTo a Friend on His Marriageiambic pentameter · ABAB · 24 linesThe Alps at Day-Breakiambic tetrameter · 19 linesImitation of an Italian Sonnetiambic tetrameter · ABAABCDCD · 9 linesOn - - - - Asleepiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 16 linesTo the Youngest Daughter of Ladyiambic tetrameter · AABB · 12 linesAn Epitaph on a Robin-Redbreastiambic tetrameter · 12 linesA Wishiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 16 linesAn Italian Songiambic tetrameter · ABABCC · 18 linesTo the Gnatiambic pentameter · 16 linesAn Inscriptioniambic pentameter · unrhymed · 14 linesCaptivityiambic pentameter · AABB · 8 linesA Characteriambic pentameter · AABB · 4 linesSeptember 1, 1812iambic tetrameter · 62 linesA Farewelliambic tetrameter · ABAB · 20 linesTo the Butterflyiambic pentameter · AABB · 10 linesVerses Written in Westminster Abbeyiambic pentameter · AABB · 54 linesInscribed on the Original Manuscriptiambic tetrameter · AABB · 38 linesCanto Iiambic pentameter · 53 linesCanto IIiambic pentameter · AABB · 47 linesCanto III: An Assembly of Evil Spiritsiambic pentameter · AABB · 46 linesPoem Iiambic pentameter · 12 linesPoem IIiambic hexameter · 14 linesCanto IViambic pentameter · 40 linesCanto Viambic pentameter · AABB · 53 linesCanto VIiambic pentameter · 46 linesCanto VIIiambic pentameter · AABB · 60 linesCanto VIIIiambic pentameter · AABB · 40 linesCanto IX: The New Worldiambic pentameter · AABB · 36 linesCanto Xiambic pentameter · 55 linesCanto XIiambic pentameter · AABB · 75 linesCanto XII: A Visioniambic pentameter · AABB · 72 linesSee Paradise Lost. Xiambic tetrameter · 65 lines
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