Poems
Isaac Rosenberg's trench poems, published after his death in 1918: "Break of Day in the Trenches".
Measured across the book
Across its 1,836 lines, 94% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 93% to 95%). Alliteration runs at 1.17 times what shuffling the words would give (0.30 observed against 0.26 expected). 27% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
To Miss Seatoniambic pentameter · unrhymed · 14 linesMessengeriambic pentameter · unrhymed · 13 linesMosesiambic tetrameter · unrhymed · 78 linesAn Aged Minstreliambic pentameter · 109 linesDaughters of Wariambic tetrameter · 61 linesOn Receiving the First News of the Wariambic trimeter · ABAB · 20 linesSpring, 1916iambic pentameter · 18 linesThe Troop Shipiambic trimeter · 10 linesMarching (As Seen from the Left File)trochaic tetrameter · unrhymed · 16 linesBreak of Day in the Trenchesiambic tetrameter · 27 linesKilled in Actioniambic tetrameter · AABB · 14 linesReturning, We Hear the Larksiambic tetrameter · unrhymed · 16 linesThe Destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonian Hordesshort measure · 20 linesThe Burning of the Templeiambic trimeter · 15 linesHome-Thoughts from Francecommon measure · 12 linesThe Immortalsiambic tetrameter · 16 linesLouse Huntingtrochaic tetrameter · unrhymed · 26 linesGirl to Soldier on Leaveshort measure · unrhymed · 24 linesSoldier: Twentieth Centuryiambic tetrameter · 16 linesThe Jewtrochaic tetrameter · unrhymed · 8 linesThe Dying Soldieriambic trimeter · 12 linesDead Man’s Dumpiambic tetrameter · 79 linesIn Wariambic trimeter · unrhymed · 60 linesThe Dead Heroesiambic tetrameter · 206 linesII the Song of Tel the Nubianiambic trimeter · unrhymed · 15 linesMournersiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 19 linesEarlier Poems5 linesExpressionABAB · 24 linesI in the Workshopiambic tetrameter · 39 linesZioniambic tetrameter · ABAB · 20 linesSpiritual Isolation: A Fragmentiambic pentameter · 28 linesFar Awaytrochaic tetrameter · ABAB · 12 linesSpringanapaestic dimeter · 16 linesSongiambic trimeter · 10 linesHeart’s First Word. Iiambic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 24 linesHearts First Word. IIiambic trimeter · AABB · 18 linesLady, You Are My Godanapaestic dimeter · unrhymed · 10 linesIf You Are Firecommon measure · 8 linesIn the Underworldiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 12 linesO, in a World of Men and Womeniambic tetrameter · 12 linesA Girl’s Thoughtsiambic tetrameter · ABBA · 12 linesA Ballad of Whitechapeliambic pentameter · ABAB · 72 linesTessiambic heptameter · 9 linesThe Nuniambic trimeter · 12 linesIn Piccadillyiambic trimeter · AABB · 9 linesA Moodiambic trimeter · ABABAB · 18 linesFirst Fruitiambic trimeter · 12 linesA Careless Heartiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 8 linesDawniambic tetrameter · 16 linesAt Nightiambic tetrameter · 20 linesCreationiambic tetrameter · AABB · 43 linesOf Any Old Maniambic pentameter · unrhymed · 15 linesThe One Lostshort measure · 16 linesWeddediambic trimeter · 15 linesDon Juan’s Songiambic trimeter · 14 linesOn a Lady Singingiambic pentameter · 8 linesBeautyshort measure · ABAB · 8 linesA Questioniambic tetrameter · ABBA · 8 linesChagriniambic trimeter · 25 linesThe Blind Godiambic tetrameter · 14 linesThe Female Godtrochaic hexameter · 24 linesGodiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 28 linesSleepiambic tetrameter · 23 linesMy Daysiambic pentameter · ABABCDCDEFEFGG · 14 lines
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Public domain. Text from Poems by Isaac Rosenberg, Project Gutenberg ebook #66889. Free to read, print, copy and reuse.