Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 / Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory.

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UNRHYMED IAMBIC TETRAMETERS.

	Intensities.									Average length of first 3 sonants.	Length of last sonant.
		´		´		´		´
Ha.	2	5	4	5	2	4	3	6		31	31s
	4	4	2	4	2	5	3	7		33	36s
	2	5	3	4	1	5	3	9		32	29s
	2	4	2	5	2	5	3	7		31	22s
	3	5	1	5	3	4	3	5		37	35s
	2	5	2	4	2	4	3	6		35	27s
	2	4	2	4	2	4	2	6		38	22s
	1	4	3	4	1	5	3	6		34	23s
Hu.	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5		25	33
	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6		26	32
	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5		19	33
	5	5	5	6	8	9	8	9		28	50
	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	8		43	51
	9	7	8	7	7	8	9	10		48	45s
	6	7	7	7	6	7	6	7		43	43s
	6	6	5	6	4	7	7	8		36	50
G.	9	14	7	14	4	12	6	10		20	25
	7	12	7	14	7	10	6	10		16	26
	7	12	6	11	4	12	5	10		17	26
	6	13	6	11	1	9	7	12		16	26
	10	8	7	30	6	15	7	16		18	25
	7	14	8	12	6	15	10	13		15	28
	7	16	9	15	4	14	7	12		16	25
	7	15	7	13	5	13	6	12		17	25

In verses marked 's' the last sonant is shorter than the average of the preceding sonants.

UNRHYMED IAMBIC TETRAMETERS: PRESCRIBED ACCENT ON THE THIRD FOOT.

		—		—		´		—
Mc. Couplets.	4	6	6	7	4	6	4	4
	5	8	5	6	2	12	8	5
	4	6	5	10	4	11	5	3
	4	6	5	10	4	10	4	4
	7	11	5	9	9	15	5	5
	5	19	20	22	21	24	6	6
	12	22	16	22	20	22	8	7
	12	22	14	31	10	26	6	7
Ha. Couplets.	4	7	4	8	8	9	5	7
	5	7	4	6	6	8	2	7
	2	6	2	6	5	6	3	6
	2	7	3	6	2	10	3	4
	3	7	3	7	4	6	4	6
	4	5	3	6	4	7	2	6
	5	7	1	6	4	8	2	5
	2	7	3	5	3	7	2	6
UNRHYMED IAMBIC TETRAMETERS: PRESCRIBED ACCENT ON THE SECOND FOOT.
Mc. Couplets.	13	22	22	30	22	18	15	18
	11	20	22	26	15	19	15	10
	10	25	20	26	20	24	12	23
	10	19	17	26	19	11	9	10
	12	23	18	26	22	17	10	15
	8	23	20	27	16	22	15	16
	12	23	26	30	22	21	10	17
	14	28	26	34	11	28	11	21
Ha. Couplets.	6	9	4	12	4	5	3
	4	5	4	12	1	5	2	5
	3	5	3	12	2	5	2	6
	1	6	4	15	1	6	2	7
	-	15	3	12	-	8	-	5
	-	6	4	12	-	7	-	5
	-	7	-	7	4	13	-	4
	-	6	3	13	-	5	-	4
G. Couplets.	9	19	11	20	4	12	3	10
	5	13	6	16	5	10	6	11
	8	16	10	18	5	10	6	11
	6	12	6	16	6	10	6	10
	8	16	13	19	5	13	8	12
	9	17	11	19	3	10	6	12
	9	16	9	18	6	10	7	9
	7	15	7	15	5	10	5	10

Frequently the special accent seems to be made by a contrast between the accented foot and the feet which follow. In most cases the influence of the special accent is to be seen, not merely within the accented foot itself, but both before and after the accented foot. Often the appearance under the microscope is very striking; the sonants of the feet, both accented and unaccented, increase to the special accent and then decrease in a regular crescendo—diminuendo form. Much of this is not shown by the mere measurements.

Fig. 7.

Fig. 8 Iambic Tetrameter Verse (with the accent on the second foot)