Cane
The poems of Jean Toomer's Cane: "Reapers", "Georgia Dusk", "Song of the Son".
Measured across the book
Across its 439 lines, 90% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 89% to 92%). Alliteration runs at 0.99 times what shuffling the words would give (0.44 observed against 0.45 expected). 34% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
With a Foreword, by, Waldo Frank4 linesForewordAABB · 4 linesKarintha15 linesReapersiambic pentameter · AABB · 8 linesNovember Cotton Floweriambic pentameter · AABB · 14 linesFaceunrhymed · 13 linesCotton Songtrochaic tetrameter · AABB · 20 linesCarmaAABB · 4 linesNighttrochaic tetrameter · ABBA · 8 linesSong of the Soniambic pentameter · ABBAA · 23 linesGeorgia Duskiambic pentameter · ABBA · 28 linesNullounrhymed · 7 linesEvening SongABBA · 12 linesConversionunrhymed · 8 linesPortrait in Georgia5 linesBlood-Burning Moon16 linesSeventh Streettrochaic pentameter · AABB · 8 linesRhobert5 linesBeehivetrochaic tetrameter · 14 linesStorm Ending9 linesTheater8 linesBox Seatunrhymed · 27 linesPrayer15 linesHarvest Songunrhymed · 24 linesBona and Paul4 linesPure Food Restaurantunrhymed · 13 linesKabnis59 linesLayman: Na. Mame Lamkins9 linesVoice: Lewistrochaic octameter · unrhymed · 6 linesHalsey: Yaunrhymed · 18 linesHalsey: Wheeee!unrhymed · 14 linesHalsey: Fatherunrhymed · 8 linesHalsey: Kabnis! Stella! Cora!unrhymed · 9 lines
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Public domain. Text from Cane, Project Gutenberg ebook #60093. Free to read, print, copy and reuse.