Listening to the Spider: reading Hesiod’s Works and Days

Table 1. Works and Days verse types                   

     {Note: entries with an asterisk between the syllable sequence type and the      enjambement type are annotated in the syllable sequences section of the      Appendix; entries with an asterisk just after the enjambement type are annotated      in the enjambement types section.}

               (“s” = spondee; “d” = dactyl)

Verse	Type	Verse	Type	Verse	Type	Verse	Type
1	sddss 2b	61	dsssd 1a	121	dsddd 2b	181	sdddd 0
2	dddds 1b	62	dddsd 1a	122	sdddd 1a	182	dsddd1a*
3	ddddd 1a	63	ddddd 3	123	dddss 1b*	183	ssddd 1a
4	ssddd 0	64	dsddd 1a	124	dsdsd 1a	184	dsddd 0
5	sdddd 0	65	dddsd 1a	125	ddssd 1a	185	dsdsd 0
6	dsddd 0	66	ddsdd 0	126	dsddd 0	186	sddsd 1a
7	dsddd1a*	67	ddddd 3	127	ddddd 3	187	ddddd 3
8	sdddd 0	68	ssddd 0	128	dsddd 1a	188	sddsd 0*
9	dddsd 1a	69	ddddd 0	129	ddddd 0	189	ddddd 0
10	dddds 0	70	dssdd 3*	130	dsddd 3	190	dsddd 1a
11	ddddd 3	71	dsddd 0	131	dsddd 0	191	dsdsd 3
12	dsdsd 2b	72	dsdsd 0	132	dsdsd 2b	192	dsdsd1a*
13	dsddd 0	73	dddsd 3	133	dsddd 1a	193	ssddd 1a
14	sddsd 1a	74	ssddd 3	134	dsddd 3	194	sdddd 0
15	dsddd 3	75	sdddd 0	135	sdsdd 3	195	ssdsd 3
16	dsdsd 0	76	ddddd 0	136	dsddd 1b	196	dddsd 0
17	ddddd 0	77	dsddd 3	137	dsddd 3	197	ddddd 3
18	ddsdd1a*	78	ddddd 3	138	dsddd 3	198	ssddd* 3
19	ssddd 0	79	dsddd 3	139	ddddd 0	199	dddds 3
20	ddddd 0	80	dsddd 1a*	140	dsddd 2b	200	sdddd 1a
21	dsdsd 1a	81	sdddd 3	141	dddsd 1a	201	ssdsd 0
22	dsddd 1a	82	dssds 0	142	dsssd 0	202	sdddd 0
23	sssdd 1a	83	ddddd 2b	143	dddds 3	203	sdddd 1a
24	dsddd 0	84	ddddd 1a	144	sssdd 1a	204	ddddd 0
25	dddsd 1b	85	ddddd 3	145	dsddd 4*	205	dsddd 3
26	ssddd 0	86	dddsd 3	146	ddddd 3	206	dddsd 0
27	sdddd 0	87	ssddd 1a	147	ddddd 1a*	207	ddddd 0
28	dddsd 1a	88	dsdsd 0	148	sddsd 3	208	sdddd 0
29	dsddd 0	89	ddddd 0	149