MEAN VARIATIONS.
Iambic tetrameters; variations of each element from the average foot of the entire stanza.
| Unaccented Element of Foot. | Accented Element of Foot. | Percentage M.V. of Unac. El. | Percentage M.V. of Ac. El. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hu. 8 stanzas | ||||||
| M.V. | 1st | foot | 0.9688 | 1.3125 | 11.1 | 7.8 |
| 2d | " | 0.8125 | 0.6563 | 9.3 | 3.9 | |
| 3d | " | 0.8438 | 1.1875 | 9.7 | 7.1 | |
| 4th | " | 0.9688 | 11. | |||
| Av. foot of all stanzas | 8.69 | 16.88 | ||||
| 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:
| Accented Element of Foot. | 1st Unaccented element of Foot | 2d Unaccented element of Foot | Percentage M.V. of Ac. El. | Percentage M.V. of 1st Unac. El. | Percentage M.V. of 2d Unac. El. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
The mean variations of the table (Table VI.) were calculated as follows: The average for all the elements of the stanza was obtained and an average foot constructed (excluding the last sonant and the pause of the verse). From this average foot the variations of all the first feet were computed, then the variations of all the second feet, etc. Then the variations of the first feet of the stanza were averaged and percentages taken, etc.; it is this last value which goes to the making up of the tables. In inspecting the averages the corresponding elements of the feet should be compared. Any increased length due to a prescribed accent within the verse, etc., appears in the averages as a corresponding increase in the mean variation at that point, and only the first and last feet can be compared as to the variations in the verse as a whole. In making up the tables the material was grouped, not by combining the records of each subject, but by combining all the stanzas of a single type, in order to eliminate individual peculiarities.
TABLE VII.
Verse pauses in unrhymed stanzas, together with the foot pause within the verse. Length of last foot, together with the average foot within the verse:
| Average first 3 feet of verse. | Last foot of verse. | Average of first 3 foot pauses of verse. | Verse Pause. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iambs: | ||||
| 36 | 56.5 | 24 | 45.5 | |
| 57 | 122 | 35 | 100 | |
| 68.5 | 125 | 45 | 102 | |
| 63.5 | 111.5 | 42 | 93 | |
| 63.5 | 117.5 | 39 | 93.5 | |
| 66 | 135 | 42 | 110 | |
| 53.5 | 59 | 40 | 45 | |
| 60 | 76 | 45 | 61 | |
| 56.5 | 68 | 41 | 54 | |
| 55.5 | 56 | 39 | 41 | |
| 53 | 53.5 | 37 | 41.5 | |
| 56 | 73 | 34 | 45 | |
| 85 | 98 | 56 | 54 | |
| 39 | 50 | 26.5 | 36 | |
| 37 | 43 | 17 | 30 | |
| 42.5 | 45 | 28 | 30 | |
| 38.5 | 49 | 26 | 36 | |
| 40 | 79 | 26 | 55 | |
| 31 | 72.5 | 21 | 55 | |
| 33 | 66 | 23 | 54 | |
| 33 | 76 | 22 | 64 | |
| Dactyls, catalectic: | ||||
| 56 | 63 | (The pauses cannot be compared because of the omission of elements in the final foot.) | ||
| 60 | 62 | |||
| 55 | 66 | |||
| 51.5 | 76 | |||
| 37 | 40 | |||
| 55 | 58.5 | |||
| 53 | 59.5 | |||
| 40 | 73 | |||
| 38 | 65 | |||
| 37.5 | 56 | |||
| 37 | 73 | |||