Analysis of He, when young Spring protrudes the bursting gems
James Thomson 1700 (Port Glasgow) – 1748 (London)
He, when young Spring protrudes the bursting gems,
Into his freshened soul; her genial hours
He full enjoys; and not a beauty blows
And not an opening blossom breathes in vain.
In summer he, beneath the living shade,
Such as o'er frigid Tempe wont to wave
Or Hemus cool, reads what the Muse, of these
Perhaps, has in immortal numbers sung:
Or what she dictates writes: and, oft an eye
Shot round, rejoices in the vigorous year.
When Autumn's yellow lustre gilds the world,
And tempts the sickled swain into the field,
Seiz'd by the general joy, his heart distends
With gentle throes, and through the tepid gleams
Deep-musing, then he best exerts his song.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLAMN |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 111110101 01110101010 1101010101 01110010101 0101010101 11101010111 111110111 0110010101 1110110111 111001001 1101010101 010110101 1101001111 1101010101 1101110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 649 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 516 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 115 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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