Ulysses
Alfred (Lord) Tennyson
V1 V2 V3 V4 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 VT CT 1 ɪt ˈlɪt.l̩ ˈprɒf.ɪts ðət ən ˈɑɪ.dl̩ kɪŋ 7 0 0 1 7 0 3 2 4 8 16 2 bɑɪ ðɪs stɪl hɑːθ əˈmʌŋ ðiːz ˈbær.ən kræɡz 7 0 2 1 5 0 8 3 3 10 19 3 mæʧt wɪð ən eɪʤd wɑɪf ɑɪ miːt ənd dəʊl 4 0 1 4 5 2 2 4 3 9 16 4 ʌnˈiː.kwəl lɔːz ˈʌn.tuː ə ˈsæv.ɪʤ reɪs 6 0 3 1 2 1 4 2 4 10 13 5 ðət hɔːd ənd sliːp ənd fiːd ənd nəʊ nɒt miː 5 0 4 1 8 0 4 6 1 10 19 6 ɑɪ ˈkæn.ɒt rest frəm ˈtræv.əl ɑɪ wɪl drɪŋk 8 0 0 2 6 0 3 3 7 10 19 7 lɑɪf tʊ ðə liːz ɔːl tɑɪmz ɑɪ həv ɪnˈʤɔɪd 4 0 2 4 3 1 6 2 3 10 15 8 ˈɡreɪt.li həv ˈsʌf.əd ˈɡreɪt.li bəʊθ wɪð ðəʊz 4 2 0 4 6 0 8 0 5 10 19 9 ðət lʌvd miː ənd əˈləʊn ɒn ʃɔːr ənd wen 7 0 2 1 4 0 3 6 4 10 17 10 θruː ˈskʌd.ɪŋ drɪfts ðə ˈreɪ.ni ˈhɑɪ.ə.diːz 5 1 2 2 5 0 7 2 3 10 17 11 vekst ðə dɪm siː ɑɪ əm bɪˈkʌm ə neɪm 7 0 1 2 5 0 4 5 0 10 14 12 fər ˈɔːl.weɪz ˈrəʊ.mɪŋ wɪð ə ˈhʌŋ.ɡri hɑːt 5 1 2 2 2 0 5 3 6 10 16 13 mʌʧ həv ɑɪ siːn ənd nəʊn ˈsɪt.iz əv men 6 1 1 2 2 1 6 7 0 10 16 14 ənd ˈmæn.əz ˈklɑɪ.məts ˈkɑʊnt.səlz ˈɡʌv.ən.mənts 8 0 0 2 7 0 6 8 2 10 23 15 mɑɪˈself nɒt liːst bət ˈɒn.əd əv ðəm ɔːl 7 0 2 1 5 0 5 4 3 10 17 16 ənd drʌŋk dɪˈlɑɪt əv ˈbæt.l̩ wɪð mɑɪ pɪəz 6 0 0 3 8 0 3 3 4 9 18 17 fɑːr ɒn ðə ˈrɪŋ.ɪŋ pleɪnz əv ˈwɪn.di trɔɪ 6 1 1 2 3 0 4 5 5 10 17 18 ɑɪ əm ə pɑːt əv ɔːl ðət ɑɪ həv met 6 0 2 2 4 0 4 2 1 10 11 19 jet ɔːl ɪkˈspɪə.ri.ənts ɪz ən ɑːʧ ˌweəˈθruː 5 1 3 2 4 1 4 2 5 11 16 20 ɡliːmz ðət ʌnˈtræv.əld wɜːld huːz ˈmɑː.ʤɪn feɪdz 5 0 4 1 6 1 7 4 5 10 23 21 fər ˈev.ər ənd fər ˈev.ə wen ɑɪ muːv 8 0 1 1 1 0 5 3 4 10 13 22 hɑʊ dʌl ɪt ɪz tʊ pɔːz tʊ meɪk ən end 7 0 1 2 7 0 3 3 1 10 14 23 tʊ rʌst ʌnˈbɜː.nɪʃd nɒt tʊ ʃɑɪn ɪn juːz 7 0 2 1 6 0 4 5 2 10 17 24 əz ðəʊ tʊ briːð wə lɑɪf lɑɪf pɑɪld ɒn lɑɪf 4 0 1 5 4 0 6 1 6 10 17 25 wər ɔːl tuː ˈlɪt.l̩ ənd əv wʌn tʊ miː 6 0 3 0 4 0 1 3 6 9 14 26 ˈlɪt.l̩ rɪˈmeɪnz bət ˈev.ri ɑʊər ɪz seɪvd 6 1 0 3 4 0 5 2 5 10 16 27 frəm ðət ɪˈtɜː.nəl ˈsɑɪ.lənts ˈsʌm.θɪŋ mɔː 7 0 2 1 3 0 6 6 3 10 18 28 ə ˈbrɪŋ.ər əv njuː θɪŋz ənd vɑɪl ɪt wə 8 0 1 1 3 0 4 4 5 10 16 29 fə səm θriː sʌnz tʊ stɔːr ənd hɔːd mɑɪˈself 6 0 3 1 4 0 9 4 3 10 20 30 ənd ðɪs ɡreɪ ˈspɪr.ɪt ˈjɜː.nɪŋ ɪn dɪˈzɑɪə 8 0 1 2 5 0 4 4 3 11 16 31 tʊ ˈfɒl.əʊ ˈnɒl.ɪʤ lɑɪk ə ˈsɪŋ.kɪŋ stɑː 7 0 1 2 4 1 3 3 3 10 14 32 biˈɒnd ði ˈʌt.məʊst bɑʊnd əv ˈhjuː.mən θɔːt 4 2 2 2 7 0 5 5 1 10 18 33 ðɪs ɪz mɑɪ sʌn mɑɪn əʊn tɪˈlem.ə.kəs 7 0 0 3 2 0 5 6 1 10 14 34 tʊ huːm ɑɪ liːv ðə ˈsep.tər ənd ði ɑɪl 5 1 2 2 4 0 5 2 3 10 14 35 ˌwelˈlʌvd əv miː dɪˈsɜː.nɪŋ tʊ fʊlˈfɪl 8 0 2 0 3 0 5 3 5 10 16 36 ðɪs ˈleɪ.bə bɑɪ sləʊ ˈpruː.dənts tʊ meɪk mɑɪld 4 0 1 5 8 0 4 3 4 10 19 37 ə ˈrʌɡ.ɪd ˈpiː.pl̩ ənd θruː sɒft dɪˈɡriːz 6 0 3 0 8 0 4 1 4 9 17 38 səbˈdjuː ðəm tʊ ðə ˈjuːs.fəl ənd ðə ɡʊd 8 0 2 0 6 0 6 2 3 10 17 39 məʊst ˈbleɪm.ləs ɪz hi ˈsen.təd ɪn ðə sfɪə 6 1 0 3 4 0 8 4 2 10 18 40 əv ˈkɒm.ən ˈdjuː.tiz ˈdiː.sənt nɒt tʊ feɪl 6 1 2 1 7 0 4 4 2 10 17 41 ɪn ˈɒf.ɪ.sɪz əv ˈten.də.nəs ənd peɪ 9 0 0 1 4 0 5 4 0 10 13 42 miːt ˌæd.əˈreɪ.ʃən tʊ mɑɪ ˈhɑʊs.əʊld ɡɒdz 5 0 1 4 6 0 4 3 2 10 15 43 wen ɑɪ əm ɡɒn hi wɜːks hɪz wɜːk ɑɪ mɑɪn 4 1 2 3 3 0 4 5 3 10 15 44 ðeə lɑɪz ðə pɔːt ðə ˈves.əl pʌfs hə seɪl 6 0 1 3 3 0 10 0 3 10 16 45 ðeə ɡluːm ðə dɑːk brɔːd siːz mɑɪ ˈmær.ɪ.nəz 4 0 4 2 5 0 5 4 3 10 17 46 səʊlz ðət həv tɔɪld ənd rɔːt ənd θɔːt wɪð miː 5 0 3 2 7 0 7 3 4 10 21 47 ðət ˈev.ə wɪð ə ˈfrɒl.ɪk ˈwel.kəm tʊk 10 0 0 0 5 0 4 1 5 10 15 48 ðə ˈθʌn.dər ənd ðə ˈsʌn.ʃɑɪn ənd əˈpəʊzd 8 0 0 2 5 0 6 5 1 10 17 49 friː hɑːts friː ˈfɔː.hedz ju ənd ɑɪ ɑːr əʊld 2 1 5 2 4 0 7 1 5 10 17 50 əʊld eɪʤ həθ jet hɪz ˈɒn.ər ənd hɪz tɔɪl 7 0 0 3 4 1 6 2 4 10 17 51 deθ ˈkləʊ.zɪz ɔːl bət ˈsʌm.θɪŋ eə ði end 6 1 1 2 5 0 6 3 2 10 16 52 səm wɜːk əv ˈnəʊ.bl̩ nəʊt meɪ jet bi dʌn 4 1 1 3 6 0 2 5 3 9 16 53 nɒt ˌʌn.bɪˈkʌm.ɪŋ men ðət strəʊv wɪð ɡɒdz 9 0 0 1 7 0 5 6 2 10 20 54 ðə lɑɪts bɪˈɡɪn tʊ ˈtwɪŋ.kl̩ frəm ðə rɒks 8 0 0 1 7 0 5 3 5 9 20 55 ðə lɒŋ deɪ weɪnz ðə sləʊ muːn klɑɪmz ðə diːp 4 0 2 4 4 0 6 5 4 10 19 56 məʊnz rɑʊnd wɪð ˈmen.i ˈvɔɪ.sɪz kʌm mɑɪ frendz 5 1 0 4 3 0 7 8 3 10 21 57 tɪz nɒt tuː leɪt tʊ siːk ə ˈnjuː.ə wɜːld 5 0 4 1 7 0 2 2 4 10 15 58 pʊʃ ɒf ənd ˈsɪt.ɪŋ wel ɪn ˈɔː.də smɑɪt 8 0 1 1 5 0 4 4 2 10 15 59 ðə ˈsɑʊn.dɪŋ ˈfʌr.əʊz fə mɑɪ ˈpɜː.pəs həʊldz 5 0 1 4 4 0 8 3 2 10 17 60 tʊ seɪl biˈɒnd ðə ˈsʌn.set ənd ðə bɑːðz 7 1 1 1 6 0 7 3 1 10 17 61 əv ɔːl ðə ˈwes.tən stɑːz ənˈtɪl ɑɪ dɑɪ 6 0 2 2 4 0 5 2 3 10 14 62 ɪt meɪ bi ðət ðə ɡʌlfs wɪl wɒʃ əs dɑʊn 7 1 0 2 5 0 6 2 4 10 17 63 ɪt meɪ bi wi ʃəl tʌʧ ðə ˈhæp.i ɑɪlz 5 3 0 2 4 1 4 1 3 10 13 64 ənd siː ðə ɡreɪt əˈkɪl.iːz huːm wi njuː 4 1 4 1 4 0 4 3 4 10 15 65 ðəʊ mʌʧ ɪz ˈteɪ.kən mʌʧ əˈbɑɪdz ənd ðəʊ 6 0 0 4 5 2 4 4 0 10 15 66 wi ɑː nɒt nɑʊ ðət streŋθ wɪʧ ɪn əʊld deɪz 5 1 1 3 5 1 4 4 4 10 18 67 muːvd ɜːθ ənd ˈhev.ən ðət wɪʧ wi ɑː wi ɑː 5 2 4 0 3 1 5 3 3 11 15 68 wʌn ˈiː.kwəl ˈtem.pər əv hɪˈrəʊ.ɪk hɑːts 7 0 2 1 5 0 4 2 5 10 16 69 meɪd wiːk bɑɪ tɑɪm ənd feɪt bət strɒŋ ɪn wɪl 5 0 1 4 9 0 2 5 4 10 20 70 tʊ strɑɪv tʊ siːk tʊ fɑɪnd ənd nɒt tʊ jiːld 6 0 2 2 10 0 4 3 3 10 20 423 27 105 140 345 14 344 240 225 695 1168
It little profits that an idle king,
By this still hearth, among these barren crags,
Match’d with an aged wife, I mete and dole
Unequal laws unto a savage race,
That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me.
I cannot rest from travel: I will drink
Life to the lees: all times I have enjoy’d
Greatly, have suffer’d greatly, both with those
That loved me, and alone; on shore, and when
Thro’ scudding drifts the rainy Hyades
Vext the dim sea: I am become a name;
For always roaming with a hungry heart
Much have I seen and known; cities of men
And manners, climates, councils, governments,
Myself not least, but honour’d of them all;
And drunk delight of battle with my peers,
Far on the ringing plains of windy Troy.
I am a part of all that I have met;
Yet all experience is an arch wherethro’
Gleams that untravell’d world, whose margin fades
For ever and for ever when I move.
How dull it is to pause, to make an end,
To rust unburnish’d, not to shine in use!
As tho’ to breathe were life. Life piled on life
Were all too little, and of one to me
Little remains: but every hour is saved
From that eternal silence, something more,
A bringer of new things; and vile it were
For some three suns to store and hoard myself,
And this gray spirit yearning in desire
To follow knowledge like a sinking star,
Beyond the utmost bound of human thought.
This is my son, mine own Telemachus,
To whom I leave the sceptre and the isle–
Well-loved of me, discerning to fulfil
This labour, by slow prudence to make mild
A rugged people, and thro’ soft degrees
Subdue them to the useful and the good.
Most blameless is he, centred in the sphere
Of common duties, decent not to fail
In offices of tenderness, and pay
Meet adoration to my household gods,
When I am gone. He works his work, I mine.
There lies the port; the vessel puffs her sail:
There gloom the dark broad seas. My mariners,
Souls that have toil’d and wrought, and thought with me–
That ever with a frolic welcome took
The thunder and the sunshine, and opposed
Free hearts, free foreheads–you and I are old;
Old age hath yet his honour and his toil;
Death closes all; but something ere the end,
Some work of noble note, may yet be done,
Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.
The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks:
The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep
Moans round with many voices. Come, my friends,
’Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
Push off, and sitting well in order smite
The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
Of all the western stars, until I die.
It may be that the gulfs will wash us down:
It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.
Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and tho’
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
vowel
V1: short
V2: neutralized
V3: long
V4: diphthong
vowel groups
consonant
C1: plosive
C2: affricate
C3: fricative
C4: nasal
C5: approximant
consonant groups