Analysis of Song (Untitled #13)
George Meredith 1828 (Portsmouth, Hampshire) – 1909 (Box Hill, Surrey)
Under boughs of breathing May,
In the mild spring-time I lay,
Lonely, for I had no love;
And the sweet birds all sang for pity,
Cuckoo, lark, and dove.
Tell me, cuckoo, then I cried,
Dare I woo and wed a bride?
I, like thee, have no home-nest;
And the twin notes thus tuned their ditty, -
'Love can answer best.'
Nor, warm dove with tender coo,
Have I thy soft voice to woo,
Even were a damsel by;
And the deep woodland crooned its ditty, -
'Love her first and try.'
Nor have I, wild lark, thy wing,
That from bluest heaven can bring
Bliss, whatever fate befall;
And the sky-lyrist trilled this ditty, -
'Love will give thee all.'
So it chanced while June was young,
Wooing well with fervent song,
I had won a damsel coy;
And the sweet birds that sang for pity,
Jubileed for joy.
Scheme | AABCB DDECE FFGCG HHICI XXJCJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011101 0011111 1011111 001111110 1101 111111 1110101 1111111 001111110 11101 1111101 1111111 1000101 00111110 10101 1111111 11101011 110101 001101110 11111 1111111 1011101 1110101 001111110 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 787 |
Words | 155 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 117 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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