Literary Forms

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All Records:	99	212	103	154	100	92	99	43	25	24	48	58	89	152	132	159	298	342	539	607	696	757	585	895	1098
allegorical ode:	0	8	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	1	2	4	8	68	56	92	83	101	122	64	42	30
allegory:	6	5	10	11	10	3	7	4	0	2	1	4	7	17	14	21	30	31	28	16	32	40	25	28	19
archaisms:	13	16	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	15	11	12	21	14	29	14	25	22	25	22	22
author catalogue:	2	18	8	11	14	10	11	14	7	6	12	15	13	12	24	21	24	43	42	32	42	45	33	62	48
beast fable:	2	3	5	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	8	6	2	2	9	3	3	8	5	2	4
	1579 1590	1591 1600	1601 1610	1611 1620	1621 1630	1631 1640	1641 1650	1651 1660	1661 1670	1671 1680	1681 1690	1691 1700	1701 1710	1711 1720	1721 1730	1731 1740	1741 1750	1751 1760	1761 1770	1771 1780	1781 1790	1791 1800	1801 1810	1811 1820	1821 1830
burlesque:	1	5	4	0	1	0	3	1	2	0	2	2	5	35	24	41	36	47	83	73	83	89	79	110	79
character:	0	1	1	3	4	2	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	7	3	24	16	20	21	46	41	48	36	43	70
dialect pastoral:	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	7	3	2	4	13	4	17	4	1	5
didactic poem:	0	3	8	1	30	1	6	1	1	2	3	4	3	3	2	1	6	4	4	5	8	6	7	7	14
epigram:	1	17	12	4	2	11	9	13	3	0	2	4	1	0	4	4	2	2	3	7	4	6	2	13	15
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elegy:	6	22	14	16	3	7	6	4	1	3	10	11	15	10	13	7	31	55	102	116	136	113	67	100	85
narrative:	5	22	19	16	16	4	6	6	4	2	4	4	5	19	14	13	21	14	35	27	45	42	39	87	113
amatory ode:	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	3	2	1	4	9	3	6	11	34
descriptive ode:	0	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	7	6	8	33	47	37	68	72	74	55	84	205
devotional ode:	0	3	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	3	5	5	4	8	6	7	10	31	57
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Horatian ode:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	4	20	7	8	21	32	44	22	70	219
patriotic ode:	1	1	2	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	6	4	3	5	15	9	37	38	38	33	19	48	56
pastoral ballad:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	8	5	15	72	175	119	92	54	10	7
pastoral eclogue:	16	24	11	36	19	29	8	5	2	2	12	2	31	49	29	23	41	38	94	92	72	80	32	27	39
pastoral elegy:	4	10	3	4	0	4	0	1	0	1	5	3	10	6	8	2	16	12	27	52	28	24	13	2	3
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periodical essay:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	20	5	11	16	20	12	15	16	23	30	58	40
periodical verse:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	17	54	84	128	231	356	406	394	300	377	643
sonnet:	4	34	6	6	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	7	13	3	10	26	26	51	60	74
verse epistle:	0	2	5	2	4	3	2	4	0	0	2	5	5	5	13	10	11	9	8	5	21	15	5	38	23
vision:	1	14	6	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	5	3	12	6	13	20	33	25	21	29	29	21	38	33
	1579 1590	1591 1600	1601 1610	1611 1620	1621 1630	1631 1640	1641 1650	1651 1660	1661 1670	1671 1680	1681 1690	1691 1700	1701 1710	1711 1720	1721 1730	1731 1740	1741 1750	1751 1760	1761 1770	1771 1780	1781 1790	1791 1800	1801 1810	1811 1820	1821 1830
blank verse:	1	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	6	6	14	18	38	38	44	36	37	87	41	18	21
heroic couplets:	4	21	16	30	22	44	20	19	6	6	31	23	51	65	63	46	59	54	111	84	86	90	55	56	56
octosyllabic couplets:	1	3	1	1	3	7	1	4	4	0	2	1	2	9	12	13	34	42	54	53	57	52	31	24	21
ottava rima:	0	6	6	5	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	21
quatrains:	2	10	2	7	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	5	11	13	20	53	156	244	244	227	129	80	49
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rhyme royal:	2	12	8	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	2	6	0	4	3	7
Spenserian sonnet:	1	20	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	0	2	10	9	45	45	62
Spenserian stanzas:	1	1	1	1	34	3	7	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	1	6	12	14	11	14	32	49	65	345	608
Prior stanzas:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	8	12	10	15	15	16	23	12	17	16
irregular Spenserians:	0	2	16	8	3	3	3	0	0	2	0	2	5	1	8	16	43	46	74	67	114	124	78	105	143
All Records:	99	212	103	154	100	92	99	43	25	24	48	58	89	152	132	159	298	342	539	607	696	757	585	895	1098
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