Poems
George Santayana's selected verse, mostly sonnets: "O world, thou choosest not the better part", "As in the midst of battle there is room", "On the Death of a Metaphysician", "Cape Cod".
Measured across the book
Across its 2,049 lines, 94% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 93% to 94%). Alliteration runs at 1.03 times what shuffling the words would give (0.33 observed against 0.32 expected). 21% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
Sonnetiambic pentameter · 700 linesOn a Volume of Scholastic Philosophyiambic pentameter · AABB · 14 linesOn the Death of a Metaphysicianiambic pentameter · ABBAACCADEDFEF · 14 linesOn a Piece of Tapestryiambic pentameter · AABB · 14 linesTo W. Piambic pentameter · 56 linesBefore a Statue of Achillesiambic pentameter · AABB · 42 linesThe Rustic at the Playiambic pentameter · ABABCDCDEFEFGG · 14 linesOdes Iiambic pentameter · 28 linesOdes IIiambic hexameter · 36 linesOdes IIItrochaic hexameter · 68 linesOdes IViambic pentameter · 12 linesOdes Viambic hexameter · 52 linesAthletic Odeiambic pentameter · 121 linesCape Codiambic pentameter · AABB · 18 linesA Toasttrochaic tetrameter · AABB · 24 linesPremonitioniambic pentameter · ABAB · 24 linesSolipsismiambic pentameter · ABAB · 24 linesSybarisiambic pentameter · AABBB · 70 linesAvilaiambic pentameter · ABAB · 68 linesKing's College Chapeliambic pentameter · ABAB · 112 linesBy Michael Angelo in the Bargello, Called an Apollo or a Davidiambic pentameter · ABAB · 68 linesMidnightiambic tetrameter · ABABBA · 24 linesOn First Hearing a Skylark Singiambic pentameter · 29 linesSpain in America Iiambic pentameter · 27 linesSpain in America IIiambic pentameter · ABABBCBCC · 108 linesSpain in America IIIiambic pentameter · ABABBCBCC · 54 linesSpain in America IViambic pentameter · ABABBCBCC · 81 linesOn Reaching the Age of Fiftyiambic pentameter · 48 linesFrom Michael Angeloiambic pentameter · AABB · 39 linesArtshort measure · 60 lines
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