Sour Grapes
Williams in 1921: "The Great Figure", "Queen-Anne's-Lace", "The Widow's Lament in Springtime".
Measured across the book
Across its 1,106 lines, 91% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 90% to 92%). Alliteration runs at 1.04 times what shuffling the words would give (0.18 observed against 0.18 expected). 43% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
The Late Singer13 linesMarchtrochaic trimeter · 104 linesBerket and the Starsiambic hexameter · unrhymed · 8 linesA Celebration59 linesApriliambic tetrameter · unrhymed · 23 linesA Goodnight56 linesOverture to a Dance of Locomotives Iiambic tetrameter · unrhymed · 20 linesOverture to a Dance of Locomotives IIunrhymed · 21 linesRomance Modernetrochaic tetrameter · 106 linesThe Desolate Fieldiambic trimeter · 13 linesWillow Poemiambic tetrameter · 14 linesApproach of Winter11 linesJanuaryunrhymed · 11 linesBlizzardunrhymed · 15 linesTo Waken an Old Ladyunrhymed · 18 linesWinter Treesiambic trimeter · 10 linesComplaintiambic trimeter · 22 linesThe Cold Nightiambic tetrameter · 17 linesSpring Stormiambic trimeter · unrhymed · 17 linesThe Delicaciestrochaic hexameter · 23 linesThursdayiambic tetrameter · 9 linesThe Dark Daytrochaic pentameter · 12 linesTime the Hangmaniambic pentameter · unrhymed · 7 linesTo a Friend4 linesThe Gentle Man4 linesThe Poorunrhymed · 9 linesComplete Destructionanapaestic dimeter · unrhymed · 8 linesMemory of Apriltrochaic tetrameter · unrhymed · 6 linesDaisytrochaic trimeter · 32 linesPrimrosetrochaic tetrameter · 30 linesQueen-Ann's-Laceiambic tetrameter · 21 linesGreat Mullentrochaic pentameter · 23 linesWaitingiambic trimeter · 22 linesThe Hunteriambic tetrameter · unrhymed · 13 linesArrivaltrochaic trimeter · 10 linesTo a Friend Concerning Several Ladiesiambic trimeter · 54 linesYouth and Beautyiambic trimeter · unrhymed · 16 linesThe Thinkertrochaic trimeter · 17 linesThe Disputantsiambic tetrameter · unrhymed · 11 linesTulip Bediambic trimeter · 21 linesThe Birdsiambic trimeter · 11 linesThe Nightingalestrochaic trimeter · 9 linesSpoutsiambic dimeter · 14 linesBlueflagsiambic dimeter · unrhymed · 34 linesThe Widow's Lament in Springtimetrochaic trimeter · 28 linesLight Hearted Williamtrochaic trimeter · unrhymed · 14 linesPortrait of the Authoriambic pentameter · 58 linesThe Lonely Streetiambic trimeter · unrhymed · 14 linesThe Great Figureiambic dimeter · unrhymed · 14 lines
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