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The Poetical Works of Edmund Clarence Stedman

Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833–1908) · 1860–1897

Mixed forms · 8,260 lines in 108 sections

Stedman, the critic and banker who arbitrated American verse for thirty years.

Measured across the book

Across its 8,260 lines, 92% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 91% to 92%). Alliteration runs at 1.05 times what shuffling the words would give (0.32 observed against 0.30 expected). 15% of the lines have a feminine ending.

Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.

Contents

A Pilgrimageiambic tetrameter · 216 lines The Diamond Weddingiambic tetrameter · 218 lines Penelopeiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 112 lines The Singeriambic tetrameter · 12 lines Heliotropecommon measure · 44 lines “There’s Rosemary, That’s for Remembrance”trochaic tetrameter · ABAB · 52 lines Summer Raintrochaic tetrameter · AABB · 100 lines Too Latetrochaic pentameter · ABAB · 20 lines Voice of the Western Windiambic trimeter · 16 lines Flood-Tidetrochaic octameter · AABB · 170 lines Apollotrochaic tetrameter · unrhymed · 15 lines The Ordeal by Fireiambic tetrameter · AABB · 93 lines To Rev. ⸺ ⸺iambic pentameter · unrhymed · 137 lines A Connecticut Idyliambic pentameter · unrhymed · 250 lines The Sleigh-RideABABB · 45 lines The Ballad of Lager Bieriambic tetrameter · 168 lines How Old Brown Took Harper’s Ferrytrochaic octameter · 133 lines Hope Deferrediambic pentameter · ABABBABACDDCEE · 14 lines A Mother’s Pictureiambic pentameter · 14 lines From “The Rime of the Elle-King”iambic pentameter · AABB · 111 lines Amaviiambic tetrameter · ABABBCBC · 40 lines The Tempestiambic pentameter · 140 lines Alice of Monmouth Iiambic tetrameter · AABB · 85 lines Alice of Monmouth IIAABB · 107 lines Alice of Monmouth IIItrochaic tetrameter · ABAB · 60 lines Alice of Monmouth IViambic tetrameter · AABB · 114 lines Alice of Monmouth Viambic tetrameter · unrhymed · 37 lines Alice of Monmouth VIiambic octameter · AABB · 32 lines Alice of Monmouth VIIiambic tetrameter · 27 lines Alice of Monmouth VIIIiambic tetrameter · AABB · 59 lines Alice of Monmouth IXiambic tetrameter · AABB · 56 lines Alice of Monmouth Xiambic tetrameter · AABB · 73 lines Alice of Monmouth XIiambic pentameter · 49 lines 5. Cavalry Songiambic tetrameter · 24 lines Poem XIIiambic tetrameter · AABB · 58 lines Poem XIIIAABB · 139 lines Poem XIViambic pentameter · 79 lines Poem XViambic tetrameter · unrhymed · 51 lines Poem XVIiambic tetrameter · AABB · 102 lines Poem XVIItrochaic tetrameter · AABB · 42 lines Poem XVIIIiambic hexameter · 17 lines Poem XIXunrhymed · 11 lines Poem XXiambic pentameter · 76 lines Alectryôniambic pentameter · unrhymed · 233 lines The Testiambic pentameter · 32 lines The Old Love and the NewAABB · 68 lines EstelleAABB · 44 lines Edged Toolsiambic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 48 lines The Swallowiambic pentameter · 14 lines Refuge in Natureiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 86 lines Montagucommon measure · 60 lines Wild Winds Whistleiambic pentameter · AABB · 42 lines Jan. A. C. 1661iambic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 176 lines Jean Prouvaire’s Song at the Barricadeiambic pentameter · 68 lines Preludetrochaic tetrameter · AABBCCB · 49 lines The Blameless Princeiambic pentameter · ABABCC · 1308 lines Surfdactylic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 24 lines Toujours Amourtrochaic tetrameter · AABB · 28 lines Laura, My Darlinganapaestic tetrameter · AABBCCDD · 40 lines The Trystiambic tetrameter · AABB · 12 lines Violet Eyestrochaic tetrameter · 28 lines The Doorstepiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 48 lines Fuit Iliumtrochaic trimeter · ABACDBDC · 104 lines A New Song to an Old Tuneiambic tetrameter · 160 lines Her Confessioniambic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 64 lines The Log-Book of the Steamship Virginiaiambic tetrameter · AABB · 64 lines Arras, A. D. 1404trochaic tetrameter · ABAAB · 45 lines The Hillside Dooriambic tetrameter · ABABCCA · 49 lines At Twilightiambic tetrameter · 16 lines Woods and Watersiambic pentameter · ABABCDECDE · 64 lines With a Copy of the Iliadiambic pentameter · ABBAABBACDCDCD · 14 lines The Mountainiambic tetrameter · AABB · 134 lines Holyoke Valleyiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 54 lines The Feast of Harvestiambic pentameter · 77 lines Autumn Songiambic tetrameter · 22 lines What the Winds Bringiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 16 lines Betrothed Anewiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 36 lines “The Undiscovered Country”iambic tetrameter · ABABAA · 18 lines “Darkness and the Shadow”iambic tetrameter · AABBCC · 20 lines The Assault by Nightiambic tetrameter · ABABCDDC · 40 lines Greenwood, November 13, 1865iambic pentameter · ABAB · 48 lines The Sad Bridaliambic tetrameter · AABB · 13 lines April 12, 1871trochaic tetrameter · AAABCCCB · 56 lines Wanted—A Maniambic tetrameter · ABABBCBC · 48 lines Treason’s Last Deviceiambic pentameter · ABABCDCD · 56 lines Assassinated Good Friday, 1865iambic pentameter · ABABBABACDCDCD · 14 lines Friday, September 24, 1869iambic pentameter · AABB · 123 lines Cubaiambic pentameter · 50 lines Cretetrochaic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 32 lines The Old Admiraliambic tetrameter · 91 lines Gettysburgiambic heptameter · AABBCCDDEE · 110 lines Preludeiambic tetrameter · 22 lines Themeiambic tetrameter · AABB · 59 lines Vestigia Retrorsumiambic tetrameter · AABB · 21 lines Ærea Prolesiambic tetrameter · AABB · 43 lines Enchantmentsiambic pentameter · ABACCBBDDEFEGGFHHIJJKILKMLM · 27 lines Youth and Ageiambic tetrameter · 29 lines What Cheer?iambic tetrameter · 31 lines Pharosiambic pentameter · 42 lines Atlantis Surgensiambic tetrameter · AABB · 29 lines Valete Et Salveteiambic tetrameter · 9 lines Horace Greeleyiambic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 80 lines A Midsummer Caroliambic tetrameter · 106 lines Crabbed Age and Youthiambic tetrameter · AABB · 88 lines Stanzas for Music (From an Unfinished Drama.)anapaestic trimeter · ABBAAAB · 21 lines The Flight of the Birdsiambic pentameter · 24 lines Hypatiaiambic tetrameter · ABABAB · 90 lines The Heart of New Englandiambic heptameter · AABB · 75 lines

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