Alastor, and Other Poems
Shelley in the Hutchinson text: Alastor, Prometheus Unbound, and "The Daemon of the World", his rehandling of the opening of Queen Mab.
Measured across the book
Across its 22,030 lines, 93% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 93% to 93%). Alliteration runs at 1.10 times what shuffling the words would give (0.33 observed against 0.30 expected). 26% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
The Daemon of the World: Part 1iambic pentameter · 295 linesPart IIiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 334 linesAlastor: Or, the Spirit of Solitudeiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 727 linesThe Revolt of Islamiambic pentameter · 4 linesTo Maryiambic pentameter · 126 linesCanto Iiambic pentameter · ABABBCBCC · 540 linesCanto IIiambic pentameter · ABABBCBCC · 441 linesCanto IIIiambic pentameter · ABABBCBCC · 306 linesCanto IViambic pentameter · ABABBCBCC · 306 linesCanto Viambic pentameter · ABABBCBCC · 615 linesCanto VIiambic pentameter · ABABBCBCC · 495 linesCanto VIIiambic pentameter · ABABBCBCC · 369 linesCanto VIIIiambic pentameter · 270 linesCanto IXiambic pentameter · ABABBCBCC · 324 linesCanto Xiambic pentameter · ABABBCBCC · 432 linesCanto XIiambic pentameter · ABABBCBCC · 225 linesCanto XIIiambic pentameter · ABABBCBCC · 368 linesPrince Athanase: Part Iiambic pentameter · 124 linesPart II: Fragment 1iambic pentameter · 39 linesFragment 2iambic pentameter · 66 linesFragment 3iambic pentameter · 10 linesFragment 4iambic pentameter · 21 linesFragment 5iambic pentameter · unrhymed · 15 linesFragment 6iambic pentameter · 24 linesAnother Fragment (A)iambic pentameter · 9 linesAnother Fragment (B)iambic pentameter · 6 linesRosalind and Helen: A Modern Eclogueiambic tetrameter · 1341 linesJulian and Maddalo: A Conversationiambic pentameter · 625 linesCancelled Fragments of Julian and Maddaloiambic pentameter · AABB · 15 linesAct 1iambic pentameter · 522 linesSecond Fury: Immortal Titan!216 linesPrometheus: Worse?iambic tetrameter · 388 linesDream Follow! Follow!324 linesDemogorgon: God4 linesDemogorgon: God: Almighty Godiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 8 linesDemogorgon: Merciful Godiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 127 linesDemogorgon: Behold!iambic pentameter · 183 linesAct 3iambic pentameter · unrhymed · 152 linesApollo: Farewelliambic pentameter · 405 linesAct 4639 linesCancelled Fragments of "Prometheus Unbound"64 linesAct 1iambic pentameter · unrhymed · 359 linesSecond Guest: And Iiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 32 linesThird Guest: And I!iambic pentameter · 57 linesA Cardinal: And Iiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 40 linesAct 2iambic pentameter · unrhymed · 408 linesAct 3iambic pentameter · unrhymed · 263 linesOrsino: Theniambic pentameter · unrhymed · 277 linesGiacomo: Escaped!iambic pentameter · unrhymed · 90 linesAct 4iambic pentameter · unrhymed · 112 linesAndrea: The Lady Beatriceiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 224 linesOlimpio: Nowiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 54 linesOlimpio: Dead!iambic pentameter · unrhymed · 92 linesVoices: Murder! Murder! Murder!unrhymed · 68 linesBeatrice: Noiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 119 linesAct 5iambic pentameter · 756 linesCamillo: Oh, Lady Beatrice!iambic pentameter · 9 linesThe Mask of Anarchytrochaic tetrameter · AABB · 370 linesPeter Bell the Thirdiambic tetrameter · 8 linesProloguetrochaic tetrameter · AABB · 40 linesPart I: Deathiambic tetrameter · ABAAB · 75 linesPart II: The Deviliambic tetrameter · ABAAB · 71 linesPart III: Helltrochaic tetrameter · ABAAB · 116 linesPart IV: Siniambic tetrameter · ABAAB · 110 linesPart V: Graceiambic tetrameter · ABAAB · 85 linesPart VI: Damnationiambic tetrameter · ABAAB · 195 linesPart VII: Double Damnationiambic tetrameter · ABAAB · 127 linesLetter to Maria Gisborneiambic pentameter · AABB · 325 linesTo Maryiambic pentameter · ABABABCC · 48 linesThe Witch of Atlasiambic pentameter · ABABABCC · 624 linesOedipus Tyrannus; or, Swellfoot the Tyrantiambic pentameter · 428 linesPurganax: Hark!iambic pentameter · unrhymed · 213 linesThird Boar: Anythingiambic pentameter · 270 linesEpipsychidioniambic pentameter · AABB · 607 linesFragments Connected with Epipsychidioniambic pentameter · AABB · 187 linesAdonaisiambic pentameter · ABABBCBCC · 495 linesCancelled Passages of Adonaisiambic pentameter · 39 linesPrologue to Hellasiambic pentameter · 188 linesHellasiambic pentameter · 515 linesHassan: Alas!iambic pentameter · unrhymed · 74 linesMahmud: Cease!iambic pentameter · 391 linesMahmud: Approach!iambic pentameter · 246 linesFragments of an Unfinished Drama: Before the Cavern of the Indian Enchantressiambic pentameter · 29 linesFragments of an Unfinished Drama: Another Sceneiambic pentameter · 249 linesA Pursuivant: Place, for the Marshal of the Masque!iambic pentameter · 64 linesFirst Citizen:, That, Is the Archbishopiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 89 linesA Pursuivant: Room for the King!iambic pentameter · unrhymed · 400 linesKing: Oh, Henrietta!unrhymed · 162 linesKing: Dear Henrietta!iambic pentameter · 177 linesThe Triumph of Lifeiambic pentameter · 543 linesCancelled Opening of the Triumph of Lifeiambic pentameter · 6 lines
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