The Eclogues
James Rhoades's blank-verse Bucolics: the ten eclogues, from Tityrus under the beech-canopy to the Pollio and the lament for Gallus.
Measured across the book
Across its 1,053 lines, 94% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 93% to 95%). Alliteration runs at 1.15 times what shuffling the words would give (0.36 observed against 0.31 expected). 13% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
Meliboeus Tityrusiambic pentameter · 101 linesAlexisiambic pentameter · 89 linesMenalcasiambic pentameter · 22 linesDamoetasiambic pentameter · 122 linesPollioiambic pentameter · 79 linesMenalcas Mopsusiambic pentameter · 11 linesMenalcasiambic pentameter · 53 linesMopsusiambic pentameter · 50 linesTo Varusiambic pentameter · 109 linesMeliboeus Corydon Thyrsisiambic pentameter · 90 linesTo Pollio Damon Alphesiboeusiambic pentameter · 146 linesMoerisiambic pentameter · 8 linesLycidasiambic pentameter · 76 linesGallusiambic pentameter · 97 lines
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