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 |
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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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