Maud, and Other Poems
The monodrama Tennyson wrote as Laureate, printed with the poems of the Crimean years: "Maud", "Come into the garden, Maud", "The Charge of the Light Brigade", "The Brook".
Measured across the book
Across its 2,112 lines, 92% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 91% to 93%). Alliteration runs at 1.17 times what shuffling the words would give (0.33 observed against 0.28 expected). 18% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
Maud IABAB · 76 linesMaud II11 linesMaud IIIdactylic pentameter · ABABCDBCDBDEBE · 14 linesMaud IVABCABC · 60 linesMaud V28 linesMaud VIiambic tetrameter · 95 linesMaud VII16 linesMaud VIIIiambic tetrameter · 13 linesMaud IXiambic trimeter · 16 linesMaud Xiambic tetrameter · 68 linesMaud XIiambic trimeter · 14 linesMaud XIItrochaic trimeter · 32 linesMaud XIIIiambic pentameter · 45 linesMaud XIViambic tetrameter · 38 linesMaud XViambic tetrameter · 10 linesMaud XVI34 linesMaud XVIItrochaic trimeter · 28 linesMaud XVIIIiambic pentameter · 85 linesMaud XIXiambic tetrameter · 103 linesMaud XXiambic tetrameter · 50 linesMaud XXIABACABCBCDCCD · 13 linesMaud XXIIanapaestic trimeter · 74 linesMaud Part II I48 linesMaud Part II IIiambic tetrameter · 83 linesMaud Part II IIIiambic trimeter · ABCAABBCB · 9 linesMaud Part II IViambic tetrameter · 98 linesMaud Part II Viambic pentameter · 104 linesMaud Part II VIiambic hexameter · 59 linesThe Brook; an Idyliambic pentameter · 228 linesThe Lettersiambic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 48 linesOn the Death Of, the Duke of Wellingtoniambic tetrameter · 281 linesThe Daisy. Written at Edinburghiambic tetrameter · AABB · 108 linesTo the Rev. F. D. Mauriceiambic tetrameter · 48 linesWilliambic pentameter · 20 linesThe Charge of the Light Brigadedactylic dimeter · 55 lines
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