Analysis of On May
James Thomson 1700 (Port Glasgow) – 1748 (London)
Among the changing months, May stands confest
The sweetest, and in fairest colours dressed!
Soft as the breeze that fans the smiling field;
Sweet as the breath that opening roses yield;
Fair as the colour lavish Nature paints
On virgin flowers free from unodorous taints! -
To rural scenes thou tempt'st the busy crowd,
Who, in each grove, thy praises sing aloud!
The blooming belles and shallow beaux, strange sight,
Turn nymphs and swains, and in their sports delight.
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Metre | 010101111 010001011 1101110101 11011100101 110110101 110101111 11011110101 1011110101 0101010111 1101001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 469 |
Words | 81 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 376 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 79 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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