Religious Poems
Stowe away from Uncle Tom's Cabin: "The Other World", "Knocking", and the hymn known as "Still, Still with Thee".
Measured across the book
Across its 1,175 lines, 93% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 92% to 94%). Alliteration runs at 1.03 times what shuffling the words would give (0.31 observed against 0.30 expected). 31% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
St. Catherine Borne by Angelsiambic pentameter · 56 linesKnockingtrochaic tetrameter · 60 linesThe Old Psalm Tunecommon measure · 60 linesThe Other Worldcommon measure · 40 linesMary at the Crossiambic pentameter · 68 linesThe Inner Voiceiambic pentameter · 24 linesThe Soul's Answeriambic pentameter · 24 linesThe Secretiambic pentameter · 20 linesThink Not All Is Overtrochaic pentameter · 16 linesTo the Memory of "Annie," Who Died at Milan, June 6, 1860iambic pentameter · 40 linesThe Crocusiambic tetrameter · 32 linesWritten After the Second Battle of Bull Runiambic pentameter · 36 lines"Only a Year"iambic tetrameter · 44 linesBelowtrochaic tetrameter · 22 linesA Visiontrochaic tetrameter · 58 linesSuggested by the Death of Mrs. Professor Stuart of Andover, Massiambic pentameter · 56 linesSummer Studiesiambic pentameter · 60 linesMidnightshort measure · 40 linesFirst Houriambic pentameter · 28 linesSecond Houriambic pentameter · 62 linesDedicated to the Mothers Who Have Lost Sons in the Late Wariambic tetrameter · 104 linesDay Dawniambic pentameter · 40 linesWhen I Awake I Am Still with Theeiambic pentameter · 24 linesA Day in the Pamfili Doriaiambic tetrameter · 96 linesThe Gardens of the Vaticaniambic pentameter · 26 linesHoly Week, April, 1860iambic pentameter · 20 linesThe Miserereiambic pentameter · 19 lines
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