Analysis of Mensis Lacrimarum

William Watson 1858 (Burley in Wharfedale) – 1935 (Rottingdean)



March, that comes roaring, maned, with rampant paws,
And bleatingly withdraws;
March,--'tis the year's fantastic nondescript,
That, born when frost hath nipped
The shivering fields, or tempest scarred the hills,
Dies crowned with daffodils.
The month of the renewal of the earth
By mingled death and birth:
But, England! in this latest of thy years
Call it--the Month of Tears.


Scheme AABBCCDDEF
Poetic Form Etheree  (30%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 1111011101 0101 1101010101 111111 01001110101 11110 0110010101 110101 1100110111 110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 376
Words 63
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 297
Words per stanza (avg) 60
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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William Watson

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