Counter-Attack and Other Poems

Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967) · 1918

Mostly iambic pentameter · 793 lines in 41 sections

Sassoon's trench poems.

Measured across the book

Across its 793 lines, 91% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 90% to 92%). Alliteration runs at 1.16 times what shuffling the words would give (0.43 observed against 0.37 expected). 16% of the lines have a feminine ending.

Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.

Contents

Sassoon the Mantrochaic hexameter · unrhymed · 15 linesSassoon the Poetunrhymed · 36 linesConscriptsiambic pentameter · ABABCC · 57 linesPrelude: The Troopsiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 26 linesCounter-Attackiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 39 linesThe Rear-Guardiambic pentameter · 25 linesWirersiambic hexameter · 13 linesAttackiambic pentameter · AABACBDCDEFFE · 13 linesDreamersiambic pentameter · 14 linesHow to Dieiambic tetrameter · 16 linesThe Effectiambic pentameter · AABB · 18 linesTwelve Months Afteriambic hexameter · 14 linesThe Fathersiambic tetrameter · 14 linesBase Detailsiambic pentameter · ABABCDCDEE · 10 linesThe Generalanapaestic tetrameter · ABABCCC · 7 linesLamentationsiambic pentameter · ABABCCDEDE · 10 linesDoes It Matter?anapaestic trimeter · 15 linesFight to a Finishiambic pentameter · ABABCC · 12 linesSuicide in the Trenchesiambic tetrameter · 12 linesGlory of Womeniambic pentameter · ABABCDCDEFGEFG · 14 linesTheir Frailtyiambic pentameter · ABAB · 12 linesThe Hawthorn Treeiambic tetrameter · ABABCDCDAEAAE · 13 linesThe Investitureiambic pentameter · 14 linesTrench Dutyiambic pentameter · AABB · 14 linesBreak of Dayiambic pentameter · 56 linesTo Any Dead Officeriambic pentameter · ABABCDCD · 40 linesSick Leaveiambic pentameter · ABABBCDCDEFEF · 13 linesBanishmentiambic pentameter · 14 linesBooks of the Wariambic tetrameter · 24 linesThrushesiambic pentameter · ABABCDCCCD · 10 linesAutumniambic pentameter · 9 linesInvocationiambic pentameter · 16 linesRepression of War Experienceiambic pentameter · 39 linesThe Triumphanapaestic pentameter · ABAB · 8 linesSurvivorsiambic pentameter · ABABCDCDEE · 10 linesJoy-Bellsiambic pentameter · ABAB · 12 linesRemorseiambic pentameter · ABABCCDEDEFFGG · 14 linesDead Musiciansiambic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 27 linesThe Dreamiambic pentameter · 38 linesIn Barracksiambic tetrameter · 16 linesTogetheriambic pentameter · 14 lines

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Public domain. Text from Counter-Attack and Other Poems, Project Gutenberg ebook #8930. Free to read, print, copy and reuse.

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