Flame and Shadow
Sara Teasdale in 1920: "There Will Come Soft Rains", "Let It Be Forgotten", "Night Song at Amalfi".
Measured across the book
Across its 1,117 lines, 94% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 93% to 95%). Alliteration runs at 1.25 times what shuffling the words would give (0.32 observed against 0.26 expected). 32% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
"There Will Come Soft Rains"iambic tetrameter · AABB · 12 linesBlue Squillscommon measure · 16 linesStarsiambic tetrameter · 21 lines"What Do I Care?"anapaestic tetrameter · 8 linesMeadowlarksiambic pentameter · 8 linesDriftwoodshort measure · 12 lines"I Have Loved Hours at Sea"iambic tetrameter · 12 linesAugust Moonriseiambic tetrameter · 41 linesPlaces24 linesOld Tunesiambic pentameter · AABB · 14 lines"Only in Sleep"iambic pentameter · 12 linesRedbirdstrochaic trimeter · 16 linesSunset: St. Louistrochaic hexameter · unrhymed · 16 linesThe Coiniambic trimeter · 8 linesThe Voiceiambic tetrameter · 24 linesDay and Nightshort measure · 16 linesCompensationiambic tetrameter · 8 linesI Rememberediambic pentameter · 8 lines"Oh You Are Coming"iambic pentameter · 12 linesThe Returnanapaestic dimeter · 12 linesGray Eyesiambic trimeter · 12 linesThe Netiambic tetrameter · 8 linesThe Mysteryiambic dimeter · 16 linesOpen Windowstrochaic tetrameter · 16 linesThe New Mooniambic tetrameter · AABBCC · 12 linesEight O'Clockcommon measure · 8 linesLost Thingsiambic tetrameter · 8 linesPainiambic tetrameter · 8 linesThe Broken Fieldiambic trimeter · 12 linesThe Unseeniambic trimeter · 12 linesA Prayertrochaic tetrameter · AABCCBDDEFFE · 12 linesSpring Torrentsiambic hexameter · 8 lines"I Know the Stars"iambic trimeter · 16 linesUnderstandingiambic tetrameter · 8 linesNightfalliambic tetrameter · 15 lines"It Is Not a Word"iambic tetrameter · 8 lines"My Heart Is Heavy"iambic tetrameter · 8 linesThe Nights Rememberiambic pentameter · 8 lines"Let It Be Forgotten"iambic hexameter · 8 linesMay Dayiambic trimeter · 16 lines"Since There Is No Escape"iambic pentameter · ABABCDCDEEFGGF · 14 lines"The Dreams of My Heart"iambic trimeter · 8 lines"A Little While"iambic tetrameter · ABAB · 8 linesThe Gardeniambic heptameter · 8 linesThe Wineiambic tetrameter · 8 linesIn a Cuban Gardeniambic pentameter · 8 lines"If I Must Go"iambic tetrameter · 8 linesIn Spring, Santa Barbaraiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 12 linesWhite Fogiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 12 linesArcturuscommon measure · 8 linesMoonlightiambic tetrameter · 10 linesMorning Songcommon measure · 8 linesGray Fogtrochaic pentameter · 12 linesBellsiambic tetrameter · 12 linesLovely Chanceiambic tetrameter · AABB · 18 linesIn a Gardeniambic pentameter · 24 linesNahantiambic tetrameter · 12 linesWinter Starsiambic tetrameter · 16 linesA Boyiambic pentameter · 8 linesWinter Duskcommon measure · 12 linesThe Unchangingiambic pentameter · 8 linesJune Nightiambic tetrameter · 8 lines"Like Barley Bending"trochaic trimeter · 12 lines"Oh Day of Fire and Sun"iambic trimeter · ABAB · 12 lines"I Thought of You"iambic pentameter · 8 linesOn the Dunesiambic pentameter · 8 linesSprayiambic tetrameter · 10 linesIf Death Is Kindiambic hexameter · 8 linesThoughtsiambic trimeter · 20 linesFacestrochaic tetrameter · 16 linesEvening: New Yorkiambic tetrameter · 4 linesSnowfalliambic tetrameter · 12 linesThe Silent Battleiambic tetrameter · 12 linesThe Sanctuaryiambic tetrameter · 10 linesAt Seatrochaic pentameter · 8 linesDustalexandrines · 8 linesThe Long Hilliambic hexameter · ABAB · 12 linesSummer Stormiambic trimeter · 12 linesIn the End12 lines"It Will Not Change"dactylic dimeter · 8 linesChangeiambic tetrameter · 12 linesWater Liliestrochaic hexameter · 8 lines"Did You Never Know?"trochaic hexameter · 8 linesThe Treasuretrochaic trimeter · 12 linesThe Stormiambic pentameter · 8 linesThe Treeshort measure · 16 linesAt Midnightiambic pentameter · 8 linesSong Makingcommon measure · 12 linesAloneiambic tetrameter · 12 linesRed Maplesiambic tetrameter · AABB · 16 linesDebtoriambic trimeter · 12 linesThe Wind in the Hemlockiambic tetrameter · AABB · 40 lines
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