Analysis of The Village Green
Jane Taylor 1783 (London) – 1824
On the cheerful village green,
Skirted round with houses small,
All the boys and girls are seen,
Playing there with hoop and ball.
Now they frolic hand in hand,
Making many a merry chain;
Then they form a warlike band,
Marching o'er the level plain.
Now ascends the worsted ball,
High it rises in the air,
Or against the cottage wall,
Up and down it bounces there.
Then the hoop, with even pace,
Runs before the merry throngs;
Joy is seen in every face,
Joy is heard in cheerful songs.
Rich array, and mansions proud,
Gilded toys, and costly fare,
Would not make the little crowd
Half so happy as they are.
Then, contented with my state,
Where true pleasure may be seen,
Let me envy not the great,
On a cheerful village green.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD BEBE FGFG HEHX IAIA |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (83%) |
Metre | 1010101 1011101 1010111 1011101 1110101 10100101 111011 10100101 1010101 1110001 1010101 1011101 1011101 1010101 11101001 1110101 1010101 1010101 1110101 1110111 1010111 1110111 1110101 1010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 729 |
Words | 136 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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