The Divine Vision and Other Poems
George William Russell, "AE", the mystic of the Irish revival and Yeats's friend and rival.
Measured across the book
Across its 1,098 lines, 93% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 92% to 94%). Alliteration runs at 1.11 times what shuffling the words would give (0.37 observed against 0.33 expected). 18% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
Comrades in the Craftiambic pentameter · 16 linesThe Divine Visioniambic pentameter · AABB · 24 linesThe Gates of Dreamlandiambic octameter · AABB · 20 linesFreedomcommon measure · ABAB · 12 linesThe Master Singeriambic octameter · AABB · 16 linesRemembrancetrochaic heptameter · ABAB · 12 linesDanaiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 31 linesThe Grey Erostrochaic tetrameter · ABAB · 32 linesRestiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 12 linesThe Nuts of Knowledgeiambic heptameter · AABB · 12 linesThe Burning Glassiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 12 linesThe Twilight of Earthiambic tetrameter · ABABCC · 54 linesNight28 linesThe Morning Startrochaic octameter · AABB · 16 linesA Farewell18 linesThe Messagealexandrines · ABAB · 12 linesAt Oneiambic hexameter · AABB · 12 linesThe Well of All Healingtrochaic heptameter · 12 linesA New Beingcommon measure · ABAB · 8 linesA Call of the Sidheiambic hexameter · AABB · 20 linesLove from Afariambic pentameter · ABAB · 8 linesBabyloniambic octameter · AABB · 18 linesThe Silence of LoveAABB · 12 linesAphroditeiambic octameter · AABB · 18 linesRefugeiambic pentameter · ABAB · 8 linesThe Faces of Memorycommon measure · ABAB · 20 linesThe Secret Loveiambic pentameter · AABB · 24 linesThe Weaver of Soulsiambic tetrameter · 18 linesTransformationiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 8 linesChildren of Lir22 linesLight and Darktrochaic trimeter · ABAB · 16 linesTwilight by the Cabintrochaic tetrameter · ABAB · 32 linesBeautyalexandrines · AABB · 12 linesThe Vision of Lovealexandrines · AABB · 12 linesA Memorycommon measure · ABAB · 40 linesA Summer Nightiambic pentameter · AABB · 42 linesWhom We Worshipiambic pentameter · ABAB · 20 linesMistrustiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 8 linesThe Dreamiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 12 linesThe Feast of Ageiambic dimeter · 68 linesA Way of EscapeABAB · 8 linesRecalliambic tetrameter · ABAB · 8 linesThe Voice of the Waterstrochaic octameter · AABB · 18 linesIn Connemaratrochaic hexameter · ABAB · 8 linesAn Irish Faceiambic pentameter · AABB · 32 linesHope in Failureanapaestic hexameter · AABB · 15 linesThe Crowniambic tetrameter · ABAB · 8 linesThe Everlasting Battleiambic octameter · AABB · 12 linesOrdealABAB · 12 linesThe Child of Destinyiambic hexameter · AABB · 28 linesA Farewelliambic hexameter · ABAB · 12 linesThe Parting of Waysiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 28 linesA Midnight Meditationiambic tetrameter · AABB · 58 linesAge and Youthtrochaic tetrameter · ABAB · 20 linesThe Joy of Earthtrochaic heptameter · ABAB · 12 linesReconciliationanapaestic trimeter · ABAB · 22 lines
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