Geo. 10 stanzas, no accents or rhymes within the verse: M.V. 1st foot 2.725 2.775 24.6 13.3 2d " 1.300 1.325 11.8 6.4 3d " 1.400 2.050 12.7 9.8 4th " 2.750 24.9 Av. foot of all stanzas 11.05 20.85
Geo. 8 stanzas, accents and rhymes within the verse: M.V. 1st foot 1.4843 2.4687 13.1 11.5 2d " 1.4219 2.6875 12.6 12.6 3d " 1.7031 2.5312 15.1 11.8 4th " 1.8594 16.4 Av. foot of all stanzas 11.31 21.38
The last element has the ‘finality-form’ and is not comparable to the other accented elements and therefore is not given.
Dactylic tetrameters (catalectic); variations of each element from the average foot of the entire stanza:
[Label 1: Accented elements of Foot] [Label 2: 1st Unaccented element of Foot] [Label 3: 2d Unaccented element of Foot] [Label 4: Percentage M.V. of Ac. El.] [Label 5: Percentage M.V. of 1st Unac. El.] [Label 6: Percentage M.V. of 2d Unac. El.]
[1]
[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Me., Ha., 8 stanzas, normal:
M.V. 1st foot 1.6875
1.2813 1.8125 9.70 9.76 10.5
" 2d
" 1.0613 1.0613 1.4061 6.1 8.0 8.1
" 3d
" 1.6875 1.3125 1.3750 9.7 9.9 7.9
Av. foot 17.38
13.18 17.31
Geo. 4, stanzas, abnormal type of dactylic foot: M.V. 1st foot 1.5000 1.1250 1.2813 11.5 11.0 8.7 " 2d " 1.5625 1.1250 1.1250 12.0 11.0 7.6 " 3d " 1.3437 1.1873 0.8737 10.3 11.5 5.9 Av. foot 13.00 10.25 14.75
Me., Ha., G., Hu., Am., accent on 2d foot, 8 stanzas: M.V. 1st foot 2.4688 1.3125 2.2813 12.7 12.7 11.5 " 2d " 2.3750 1.1250 3.8438 12.2 8.7 19.3 " 3d " 2.9688 1.3750 2.2500 15.5 10.7 11.3 Av. foot 19.44 12.88 19.88
Me., Ha., G., Hu., 19 stanzas, normal: M.V. 1st foot 1.9474 1.2500 2.2763 10.8 8.6 11.4 " 2d " 1.3816 1.2369 1.7766 7.7 8.5 9.3 " 3d " 1.3158 1.2105 1.6382 7.3 8.4 8.6 Av. foot 18.00 14.24 19.05
Me., Ha., G., 6 stanzas, normal:
M.V. 1st foot 2.0000
1.2083 1.8750 10.5 10.4 10.7
" 2d
" 2.6250 1.0416 2.1666 13.8 9.1 12.3
" 3d
" 2.1250 1.3333 1.3333 11.3 11.4 7.6
Av. foot 18.92
11.58 17.50
The last foot (catalectic)
is not comparable in these dactylic stanzas.