Table 5

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  Table 5.

  Enjambement comparison with Homer.

 

 

Enjambement type

Number in poem

% of total

% in Iliad (Higbie)

Expected from Iliad

High or Low

÷2

÷2 probability

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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0

352

42.7

    38.8

      320.1

        H

5.03

2.6

1a

188

22.8

    21.3

      175.7

        H

1

32

1b

59

7.2

    15.4

      127.1

        L

42.45

< 0.001

2a

3

0.4

    0.18

      1.5

        H

0.7

71

2b

45

5.5

    4.94

      40.8

        H

0.36

15

3

167

20.2

    18.8

      155.1

        H

1.03

71

4

11

1.3

    0.5

      4.1

        H

9.9

8.1

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Total: 825

 

 

For vv. 201-300 alone:

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1a

22

22

21.3

21.3

same

 

 

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Total: 100

 

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