The Wild Swans at Coole
Yeats at Coole Park: "The Wild Swans at Coole", "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death", "In Memory of Major Robert Gregory".
Measured across the book
Across its 1,221 lines, 92% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 91% to 93%). Alliteration runs at 1.13 times what shuffling the words would give (0.28 observed against 0.25 expected). 21% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
The Wild Swans at Cooleiambic trimeter · 30 linesIn Memory of Major Robert Gregoryiambic pentameter · 96 linesAn Irish Airman Foresees His Deathiambic tetrameter · 16 linesMen Improve with the Yearsiambic trimeter · ABACDCDEFEFGHGHABA · 18 linesThe Collar-Bone of a Hareanapaestic trimeter · 16 linesUnder the Round Toweriambic tetrameter · 30 linesSolomon to Shebaiambic trimeter · 24 linesThe Living Beautyiambic pentameter · 10 linesA Songiambic trimeter · 18 linesTo a Young Beautyiambic tetrameter · 18 linesTo a Young Girliambic trimeter · 11 linesThe Scholarsiambic pentameter · 141 linesLines Written in Dejectioniambic tetrameter · 11 linesThe Dawniambic tetrameter · 14 linesOn Womaniambic trimeter · 43 linesThe Fishermaniambic trimeter · 40 linesThe Hawkiambic tetrameter · ABCABC · 18 linesMemoryiambic trimeter · 6 linesHer Praiseiambic pentameter · 18 linesThe Peopleiambic pentameter · 38 linesHis Phoenixiambic heptameter · ABABCDCD · 32 linesA Thought from Propertiusiambic trimeter · 8 linesBroken Dreamsiambic pentameter · 41 linesA Deep-Sworn Vowiambic tetrameter · ABCABC · 6 linesPresencesiambic tetrameter · 14 linesThe Balloon of the Mindiambic tetrameter · AABB · 4 linesTo a Squirrel at Kyle-Na-Gnoiambic trimeter · 8 linesOn Being Asked for a War Poemiambic pentameter · ABCABC · 6 linesIn Memory of Alfred Pollexfeniambic tetrameter · AABB · 39 linesHer Courtesytrochaic heptameter · 8 linesCertain Artists Bring Her Dolls and Drawingsiambic tetrameter · 11 linesShe Turns the Dolls' Faces to the Walliambic hexameter · 12 linesThe End of Dayiambic trimeter · 8 linesHer Raceiambic trimeter · 12 linesHer Courageiambic hexameter · ABABCDCEDE · 10 linesHer Friends Bring Her a Christmas Treeiambic pentameter · 90 linesA Prayer on Going into My Houseiambic pentameter · 16 linesThe Phases of the Mooniambic pentameter · 123 linesThe Cat and the Mooniambic tetrameter · 45 linesTwo Songs of a Fool Iiambic tetrameter · ABABCC · 18 linesTwo Songs of a Fool IIanapaestic trimeter · 14 linesAnother Song of a Foolcommon measure · ABAB · 12 linesThe Double Vision of Michael Robartes Iiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 16 linesThe Double Vision of Michael Robartes IIiambic tetrameter · AABB · 32 linesThe Double Vision of Michael Robartes IIIiambic pentameter · AABB · 20 lines
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