Laurel · Jonathan Swift

Cadenus and Vanessa, and Other Poems

Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) · 1710–1745

Mixed forms · 12,411 lines in 275 sections

Jonathan Swift in verse: the city shower, the lady's dressing room, and his own mock elegy.

Measured across the book

Across its 12,411 lines, 94% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 94% to 94%). Alliteration runs at 0.97 times what shuffling the words would give (0.26 observed against 0.27 expected). 21% of the lines have a feminine ending.

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Contents

Cadenus and Vanessa 1713iambic tetrameter · AABB · 889 lines To Loveiambic pentameter · AABB · 36 lines A Rebus. By Vanessaanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 11 lines The Dean's Answeranapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 28 lines Stella's Birth-Day March 13, 1718-19iambic tetrameter · AABB · 18 lines Stella's Birth-Day. 1719-20iambic tetrameter · AABB · 58 lines To Stella, Who Collected and Transcribed His Poems 1720iambic tetrameter · AABB · 144 lines To Stella Visiting Me in My Sickness 1720iambic tetrameter · AABB · 124 lines Stella to Dr. Swift on His Birth-Day, Nov. 30, 1721iambic tetrameter · AABB · 58 lines To Stella on Her Birth-Day, 1721-2iambic tetrameter · AABB · 20 lines On the Great Buried Bottle by Dr. Delany4 lines Epitaph by the Sameiambic tetrameter · 4 lines Stella's Birth-Day: A Great Bottle of Wine, Long Buried, Being That Day Dug Up. 1722-3iambic tetrameter · AABB · 80 lines Stella at Wood Park, a House of Charles Ford, Esq., near Dubliniambic tetrameter · AABB · 93 lines A New Year's Gift for Bec 1723-4iambic tetrameter · AABB · 26 lines Dingley and Brent a Songanapaestic dimeter · 18 lines To Stellaiambic tetrameter · AABB · 38 lines Verses by Stellaiambic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 8 lines A Receipt to Restore Stella's Youth. 1724-5iambic tetrameter · AABB · 57 lines Stella's Birth-Day. 1724-5iambic tetrameter · AABB · 54 lines Bec's Birth-Day Nov. 8, 1726iambic tetrameter · AABB · 60 lines March 13, 1726-7iambic tetrameter · AABB · 88 lines To an Agreeable Young Lady, but Extremely Lean. 1730iambic tetrameter · AABB · 100 lines Daphnetrochaic tetrameter · AABB · 52 lines Pethox the Great. 1723iambic tetrameter · AABB · 98 lines On a Pen. 1724iambic tetrameter · AABB · 42 lines On Goldiambic tetrameter · AABB · 32 lines On the Posteriorsiambic tetrameter · AABB · 44 lines On a Horniambic tetrameter · AABB · 36 lines On a Corkscrewiambic tetrameter · AABB · 38 lines The Gulf of All Human Possessions 1724iambic tetrameter · AABB · 96 lines Louisa to Strephon. 1724iambic tetrameter · AABB · 44 lines A Maypole. 1725iambic tetrameter · AABB · 24 lines On the Mooniambic tetrameter · 18 lines On a Circleiambic pentameter · AABB · 8 lines On Inkiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 28 lines On the Five Sensestrochaic tetrameter · AABB · 27 lines Fontinella to Florindaiambic tetrameter · ABABCC · 24 lines An Echotrochaic tetrameter · AABB · 30 lines On a Shadow in a Glassiambic tetrameter · AABB · 49 lines On Timeiambic tetrameter · AABB · 4 lines On the Gallowsiambic tetrameter · AABB · 20 lines On the Vowelsiambic tetrameter · AABB · 8 lines On Snowanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 10 lines On a Cannonanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 12 lines On a Pair of Dicetrochaic tetrameter · AABB · 8 lines To Lady Carterettrochaic tetrameter · AABB · 54 lines By Dr. Delanyanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 20 lines Answered by Dr. Swiftanapaestic tetrameter · 16 lines By Dr. Swiftiambic tetrameter · AABB · 14 lines Answered by Dr. Sheridaniambic tetrameter · AABB · 10 lines A Riddleanapaestic dimeter · unrhymed · 8 lines Answer, by Mr. F—Ranapaestic tetrameter · 8 lines A Letter to Dr. Helshamiambic pentameter · AABB · 44 lines Probatur Aliteriambic pentameter · AABB · 48 lines On Cutting Down the Thorn at Market-Hill. 1727iambic tetrameter · ABAB · 88 lines To Dean Swift by Sir Arthur Acheson. 1728iambic tetrameter · AABB · 34 lines Dean Swift at Sir Arthur Acheson's in the North of Irelandiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 44 lines Epitaph in Berkeley Church-Yard, Gloucestershirecommon measure · 8 lines My Lady's Lamentation and Complaint Against the Deananapaestic dimeter · AABB · 230 lines A Pastoral Dialogue. 1728iambic pentameter · AABB · 52 lines The Grand Question Debated: Whether Hamilton's Bawn Should Be Turned into a Barrack or Malt-House. 1729anapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 190 lines Drapier's-Hill. 1730iambic tetrameter · AABB · 20 lines For Not Building at Drapier's-Hilliambic tetrameter · AABB · 114 lines The Revolution at Market-Hill 1730iambic tetrameter · AABB · 113 lines Robin and Harry. 1730iambic tetrameter · AABB · 54 lines In the Person of a Lady in the North L 1730iambic tetrameter · AABB · 346 lines Twelve Articles VIIiambic tetrameter · 4 lines Twelve Articles XIiambic tetrameter · AABB · 4 lines Twelve Articles XIIiambic tetrameter · AABB · 9 lines Parody on the Recorder of Blessington's Address to Queen Anneanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 42 lines An Excellent New Songanapaestic dimeter · AABCCB · 78 lines The Garden Plotiambic tetrameter · AABB · 14 lines Sid Hamet's Rodiambic tetrameter · AABB · 15 lines The Virtues of Sid Hamet the Magician's Rod. 1710iambic tetrameter · AABB · 90 lines The Famous Speech-Maker of Englandanapaestic dimeter · 241 lines The Recorder's Speech Explained by the Toriesanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 6 lines The Speechanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 31 lines Balladanapaestic dimeter · AABCCB · 78 lines Atlas; or, the Minister of Stateiambic tetrameter · AABB · 22 lines Lines Written Extempore on Mr. Harley's Being Stabbed, and Addressed to His Physician, 1710-11iambic tetrameter · AABB · 4 lines Being the Intended Speech of a Famous Orator Against Peace. 1711anapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 10 lines The Speechanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 44 lines The Windsor Prophecyiambic tetrameter · AABB · 29 lines Corinna, a Ballad 1711-12iambic tetrameter · ABAB · 32 lines The Fable of Midas. 1711-12iambic tetrameter · AABB · 82 lines Toland's Invitation to Dismal to Dine with the Calves’ Head Clubiambic pentameter · 48 lines Peace and Dunkirkiambic tetrameter · ABABCCDEED · 40 lines Horace, Epist. I, vii: Imitation of Horace, to Lord Oxford, A.D. 1713iambic tetrameter · AABB · 138 lines The Author upon Himselfiambic pentameter · AABB · 74 lines The Fagotiambic tetrameter · AABB · 52 lines Imitation of Part of the Sixth Satire of the Second Book of Horace. 1714iambic tetrameter · AABB · 114 lines Horace, Book II, Ode I, Paraphrased: Addressed to Richard Steele, Esq. 1714iambic tetrameter · AABB · 116 lines Horace, Book I, Ep. Viambic pentameter · AABB · 175 lines Written in October, 1714iambic tetrameter · AABB · 28 lines Written in the Year 1715, on an Attempt to Repeal the Test Actiambic tetrameter · 42 lines The Moraliambic tetrameter · AABB · 4 lines Horace, Book Iii, Ode IIiambic pentameter · AABB · 22 lines On the Church's Dangeriambic pentameter · AABB · 8 lines A Poem on High Churchanapaestic dimeter · 18 lines A Poem Occasioned by the Hangings in the Castle of Dublin, in Which the Story of Phaethon Is Expressediambic tetrameter · ABAB · 52 lines A Tale of a Nettleanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 54 lines A Satirical Elegy on the Death of a Late Famous Generaliambic tetrameter · AABB · 32 lines Poems Chiefly Relating to Irish Politicsiambic tetrameter · AABCCB · 89 lines An Excellent New Song on a Seditious Pamphlet. 1720-21anapaestic tetrameter · 36 lines The Run upon the Bankersiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 64 lines Upon the Horrid Plot Discovered by Harlequin, the Bishop of Rochester's French Dog, in a Dialogue Between a Whig and a Toryiambic tetrameter · AABB · 76 lines A Quibbling Elegy on Judge Boat 1723iambic pentameter · AABB · 36 lines The Epitaphiambic pentameter · AABB · 8 lines Verses Occasioned by Whitshed's Motto on His Coach. 1724iambic pentameter · AABB · 26 lines Prometheus, on Wood the Patentee's Irish Halfpence, 1724iambic tetrameter · 76 lines Verses on the Revival of the Order of the Bath, During Walpole's Administration, A.D. 1725anapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 12 lines Epigram on Wood's Brass Moneyiambic tetrameter · AABB · 8 lines A Simile on Our Want of Silver, and the Only Way to Remedy It. 1725iambic tetrameter · AABB · 32 lines Wood an Insect. 1725anapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 40 lines On Wood the Ironmonger. 1725iambic tetrameter · AABB · 42 lines Will Wood's Petition to the People of Irelandanapaestic dimeter · AABCCB · 48 lines A New Song on Wood's Halfpenceanapaestic tetrameter · 84 lines A Serious Poem upon William Wood, Brazier, Tinker, Hard-Wareman, Coiner, Founder, and Esquireanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 123 lines An Excellent New Song, upon the Declarations of the Several Corporations of the City of Dublin Against Wood's Halfpenceiambic tetrameter · 85 lines Verses on the Upright Judge, Who Condemned the Drapier's Printeriambic tetrameter · AABB · 4 lines On the Sameiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 4 lines The Judge Speaksiambic pentameter · 8 lines In Answer to the Dean's Verses on His Own Deafnessiambic tetrameter · AABB · 6 lines Horace, Book I, Ode XIV, Paraphrased and Inscribed to Ireland. 1726iambic pentameter · AABB · 65 lines Verses on the Sudden Drying Up of St. Patrick's Well Near Trinity College, Dublin. 1726iambic pentameter · AABB · 102 lines On Reading Dr. Young's Satire, Called the Universal Passioniambic tetrameter · AABB · 48 lines The Dog and Thief. 1726anapaestic common measure · ABAB · 20 lines A Dialogue Between Mad Mullinix and Timothy 1728iambic tetrameter · AABB · 276 lines Tim and the Fablesiambic tetrameter · AABB · 34 lines Tom and Dicktrochaic tetrameter · ABAB · 42 lines Dick, a Maggotiambic tetrameter · AABB · 14 lines To Dickiambic tetrameter · 30 lines Dick's Varietyiambic tetrameter · AABB · 38 lines A Dialogue Between Tom and Robin 1730iambic tetrameter · AABB · 103 lines Traulus. Part IItrochaic tetrameter · AABB · 56 lines A Fable of the Lion and Other Beastsiambic tetrameter · AABB · 70 lines On the Irish Bishops. 1731anapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 64 lines Horace, Book IV, Ode IX, Addressed to Humphry French, Esq. Late Lord Mayor of Dublintrochaic tetrameter · 80 lines On Mr. Pulteney's Being Put Out of the Council. 1731iambic pentameter · 44 lines On the Words Brother Protestants and Fellow Christians, So Familiarly Used by the Advocates for the Repeal of the Test-Act in Irelandiambic pentameter · AABB · 64 lines Bettesworth's Exultationanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 30 lines An Epigramanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 10 lines An Epigram Inscribed to the Honourable Sergeant Kiteanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 10 lines The Yahoo's Overthrow, or, the Kevan Bayl's New Ballad, upon Sergeant Kite's Insulting the Deananapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 76 lines On the Archbishop of Cashel, and Bettesworthanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 16 lines On the Irish Club. 1733iambic tetrameter · AABB · 29 lines Horace, Part of Book I, Sat. Vi, Paraphrased 1733iambic pentameter · AABB · 20 lines On Dr. Rundle, Bishop of Derry 1734-5iambic tetrameter · AABB · 66 lines Epigramiambic tetrameter · AABB · 6 lines A Character, Panegyric, and Description of the Legion Clubtrochaic tetrameter · 254 lines On a Printer's Being Sent to Newgateiambic tetrameter · AABB · 15 lines A Vindication of the Libel; or, a New Ballad, Written by a Shoe-Boy, on an Attorney Who Was Formerly a Shoe-Boyanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 41 lines A Friendly Apology for a Certain Justice of Peace. By Way of Defence of Hartley Hutcheson, Esq. By James Black-well, Operator for the Feetiambic tetrameter · AABB · 53 lines A Tale from Dublin. Written in 1737anapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 18 lines A BalladAABB · 20 lines A Wicked Treasonable Libelanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 17 lines On the Sameiambic tetrameter · AABB · 4 lines On the Same8 lines ImitatedAABB · 4 lines Ad Horatium Cum Carthio ConstrictumAABB · 4 lines ImitatedAABB · 4 lines An Irish Epigram on the Sameiambic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 8 lines Carthy Knocked Out Some Teeth from His News-BoyAABB · 4 lines To Carthy, on His Sending About Specimens to Force People to Subscribe to His Longinusiambic tetrameter · 6 lines To Carthy, on His Accusing Mr. Dunkin for Not Publishing His Book of Poemsiambic tetrameter · 3 lines On Carthy's Publishing Several Lampoons, Under the Names of Infamous Poetastersiambic tetrameter · 2 lines To Carthyiambic pentameter · AABB · 6 lines To Carthy, Attributing Some Performances to Mr. Dunkiniambic pentameter · AABB · 8 lines Upon Carthy's Threatening to Translate Pindariambic tetrameter · 12 lines Poetical Epistle to Dr. Sheridaniambic tetrameter · AABB · 49 lines Lines Written on a Window in the Episcopal Palace at Kilmoreiambic tetrameter · 16 lines The Upstartiambic tetrameter · AABB · 30 lines Translationiambic tetrameter · AABB · 4 lines Verses on Blenheimiambic tetrameter · AABB · 19 lines An Excellent New Song upon the Late Grand Juryanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 40 lines By Honest Jo. One of His Grace's Farmers in Fingaliambic heptameter · AABB · 48 lines To His Grace the Archbishop of Dublin: A Poemiambic tetrameter · AABB · 38 lines To the Citizensiambic pentameter · AABB · 35 lines Punch's Petition to the Ladiesiambic tetrameter · AABB · 90 lines Epigramiambic tetrameter · AABB · 4 lines Epigram on Josiah Hortanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 6 lines Epigramiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 4 lines Musa Clonshoghianaanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 16 lines To Dr. Sheridan, 1718anapaestic tetrameter · 34 lines To the Dean of St. Patrick's in Answer to His Left-Handed LetterAABB · 43 lines Ad Amicum Eruditum Thomam Sheridan77 lines To the Dean of St. Patrick'siambic tetrameter · ABAB · 28 lines To the Dean of St. Patrick'siambic tetrameter · ABAB · 20 lines An Answer, by Delany, to Thomas SheridanAABB · 22 lines A Reply, by Sheridan, to Delanyanapaestic dimeter · 24 lines Another Reply, by Sheridananapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 16 lines To Thomas Sheridan31 lines Swift to Sheridan, in Replyiambic tetrameter · AABB · 26 lines An Answer by Sheridantrochaic heptameter · unrhymed · 18 lines To Dr. Sheridan. 1718iambic pentameter · 33 lines The Answer, by Dr. Sheridaniambic pentameter · 48 lines The Dean's Answeranapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 14 lines Dr. Sheridan's Reply to the Deananapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 30 lines To the Same. By Dr. Sheridananapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 19 lines The Dean of St. Patrick's to Thomas Sheridananapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 49 lines To the Dean of St. Patrick'sanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 29 lines The Dean to Thomas Sheridananapaestic tetrameter · 65 lines Dr. Sheridan's Answeranapaestic tetrameter · 16 lines Dr. Swift's Replyanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 33 lines A Copy of a Copy of Verses from Thomas Sheridan, Clerk, to George-Nim-Dan-Dean, Esq.iambic tetrameter · AABB · 19 lines George-Nim-Dan-Dean's Answeriambic tetrameter · AABB · 56 lines Postscript8 lines Upon His Incomparable Verses. By Dr. Delany in Sheridan's Nameiambic tetrameter · AABB · 62 lines To Mr. Thomas Sheridan upon His Verses Written in Circles by Dr. Swiftanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 28 lines On Dr. Sheridan's Circular Verses by Mr. George Rochfortanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 24 lines On Dan Jackson's Picture, Cut in Silk and Paperanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 20 lines On the Same Pictureiambic pentameter · 15 lines On the Same Pictureiambic tetrameter · AABB · 6 lines On the Same Pictureiambic tetrameter · AABB · 33 lines Dan Jackson's Defenceiambic tetrameter · 45 lines Mr. Rochfort's Replyiambic tetrameter · 72 lines Dr. Delany's Replyanapaestic tetrameter · 34 lines Sheridan's Replyiambic tetrameter · 32 lines A Rejoinder by the Dean in Jackson's Nameiambic tetrameter · 48 lines Another Rejoinder by the Dean, in Jackson's Nameiambic tetrameter · 24 lines Sheridan's Submission by the Deaniambic tetrameter · 36 lines The Pardoniambic tetrameter · AABCCB · 18 lines The Last Speech and Dying Words of Daniel Jacksoniambic tetrameter · AABB · 35 lines To the Rev. Daniel Jacksoncommon measure · ABAB · 44 lines PostscriptAABB · 12 lines Sheridan to Swiftanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 32 lines Sheridan to Swiftiambic tetrameter · AABB · 16 lines Swift to Sheridananapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 10 lines Mary the Cook-Maid's Letter to Dr. Sheridan. 172342 lines A Portrait from the LifeAABB · 10 lines On Stealing a Crown, When the Dean Was Asleepiambic tetrameter · AABB · 12 lines The Dean's Answeriambic tetrameter · AABB · 18 lines A Prologue to a Play Performed at Mr. Sheridan's School. Spoken by One of the Scholarsiambic pentameter · AABB · 24 lines The Epilogueiambic pentameter · AABB · 18 lines The Songanapaestic tetrameter · 26 lines A New Year's Gift for the Dean of St. Patrick's, Given Him at Quilca. By Sheridaniambic tetrameter · AABB · 68 lines To Quilca, a Country-House of Dr. Sheridan, in No Very Good Repairiambic tetrameter · AABB · 12 lines The Plagues of a Country Lifeiambic tetrameter · AABB · 4 lines A Faithful Inventory of the Furniture Belonging to ---- Room in T. C. D. in Imitation of Dr. Swift's Manner. Written in the Year 1725iambic pentameter · AABB · 38 lines Horace, Book I, Ode XVIiambic tetrameter · AABCCB · 48 lines A Letter to the Dean When in England. 1726. By Dr. Sheridaniambic tetrameter · AABB · 64 lines An Invitation to Dinner, from Doctor Sheridan to Doctor Swift. 1727anapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 22 lines On the Five Ladies at Sot's Hole with the Doctor at Their Headiambic trimeter · ABAB · 44 lines With the Wig and Wings at His Head by Dr. Sheridaniambic trimeter · ABAB · 28 lines The Beau's Reply to the Five Ladies' Answeriambic trimeter · ABAB · 16 lines Dr. Sheridan's Ballad on Bally-Spellin. 1728iambic tetrameter · 72 lines Answer. By Dr. Swiftiambic tetrameter · 60 lines To Dr. HelshamAABB · 28 lines To Dr. SheridanAABB · 5 lines Dr. Helsham's Answeriambic hexameter · AABB · 49 lines A True and Faithful Inventory of the Goods Belonging to Dr. Swift, Vicar of Laracor. Upon Lending His House to the Bishop of Meath, Until His Own Was Builtiambic tetrameter · AABB · 24 lines A New Simile for the Ladies. With Useful Annotations, by Dr. Sheridan. 1733iambic tetrameter · AABB · 84 lines An Answer to a Scandalous Poemiambic tetrameter · AABB · 188 lines Peg Radcliffe the Hostess's Invitationanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 24 lines Verses by Sheridaniambic tetrameter · AABB · 90 lines To Dr. Swift on His Birth-Dayiambic tetrameter · AABB · 20 lines On Dr. Swift 1733iambic tetrameter · 14 lines To the Rev. Dr. Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, a Birth-Day Poem. Nov. 30, 1736iambic tetrameter · AABB · 74 lines Poem IIiambic tetrameter · AABB · 14 lines On the Dean of St. Patrick's Birth-Day Being Nov. 30, St. Andrew's Dayiambic tetrameter · AABB · 70 lines With a Picture of Dr. Swift. By William Dunkin, D.D.iambic tetrameter · AABB · 122 lines On the Drapier. By Dr. Dunkiniambic pentameter · 15 lines Epigram on Two Great Men. 1754iambic pentameter · AABB · 20 lines To the Memory of Doctor Swiftiambic pentameter · AABB · 95 lines A Schoolboy's Theme14 lines By Mr. James Sterling, of the County of Meathanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 18 lines On Dr. Swift's Leaving His Estate to Idiotsiambic pentameter · AABB · 12 lines Lately Published Against Dean Swift, Now Deaf and Infirmiambic pentameter · AABB · 6 lines Ornamented with an Engraving of the Dean, by Vertueanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 14 lines Epigram on Lord Orrery's Remarks on Swift's Life and Writingsiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 12 lines On His Book Entitled "Observations on Lord Orrery's Remarks"iambic pentameter · ABAB · 8 lines EpigramAABB · 4 lines An Inscriptioniambic pentameter · 6 lines An Epigram Occasioned by the Above Inscriptioniambic pentameter · AABB · 6 lines

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