Analysis of The Mower's Song
Andrew Marvell 1621 (Winestead) – 1678 (London)
My Mind was once the true survey
Of all these Medows fresh and gay;
And in the greenness of the Grass
Did see its Hopes as in a Glass;
When Juliana came, and she
What I do to the Grass, does to my Thoughts and Me.
But these, while I with Sorrow pine,
Grew more luxuriant still and fine;
That not one Blade of Grass you spy'd,
But had a Flower on either side;
When Juliana came, and She
What I do to the Grass, does to my Thoughts and Me.
Unthankful Meadows, could you so
A fellowship so true forego,
And in your gawdy May-games meet,
While I lay trodden under feet?
When Juliana came , and She
What I do to the Grass, does to my Thoughts and Me.
But what you in Compassion ought,
Shall now by my Revenge be wrought:
And Flow'rs, and Grass, and I and all,
Will in one common Ruine fall.
For Juliana comes, and She
What I do to the Grass, does to my Thoughts and Me.
And thus, ye Meadows, which have been
Companions of my thoughts more green,
Shall now the Heraldry become
With which I shall adorn my Tomb;
For Juliana comes, and She
What I do to the Grass, does to my Thoughts and Me.
Scheme | aabbCC ddeeCC ffeecC eeggCC xxxxCC |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (23%) |
Metre | 11110101 1111101 00010101 11111001 1010101 111101111101 11111101 110100101 11111111 110101101 1010101 111101111101 11111 0101101 0011111 11110101 1010101 111101111101 11100101 11110111 01010101 1011011 1010101 111101111101 0111111 01011111 11010001 11110111 1010101 111101111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,062 |
Words | 218 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 166 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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