Analysis of Solivitur Acris Hiemps

Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch 1863 (Bodmin, Cornwall) – 1944 (Cornwall)



My Juggins, see: the pasture green,
Obeying Nature's kindly law,
Renews its mantle; there has been
A thaw.
The frost-bound earth is free at last,
That lay 'neath Winter's sullen yoke
'Till people felt it getting past
A joke.
Now forth again the Freshers fare,
And get them tasty summer suits
Wherein they flaunt afield and scare
The brutes.
Again the stream suspects the keel;
Again the shrieking captain drops
Upon his crew; again the meal
Of chops
Divides the too-laborious day;
Again the Student sighs o'er Mods,
And prompts his enemies to lay
Long odds.
Again the shopman spreads his wiles;
Again the organ-pipes, unbound,
Distract the populace for miles
Around.
Then, Juggins, ere December's touch
Once more the wealth of Spring reclaim,
Since each successive year is much
The same;
Since too the monarch on his throne
In purple lapped and frankincense,
Who from his infancy has blown
Expense,
No less than he who barely gets
The boon of out-of-door relief,
Must see desuetude,—come let's
Be brief.
At those resolves last New Year's Day
The easy gods indulgent wink.
Then downward, ho!—the shortest way
Is drink.


Scheme ABCBDEDEFGFGHIHIJGJKLMLMNONOPQPQRSRSJTJT
Poetic Form Tetractys  (35%)
Etheree  (33%)
Metre 1110101 01010101 01110111 01 01111111 11110101 11011101 01 1101011 01110101 01110101 01 01010101 01010101 01110101 11 010101001 010101101 01110011 11 0101111 01010101 01010011 01 1110101 11011101 11010111 01 1101111 0101010 11110011 01 11111101 01111101 11111 11 11011111 01010101 11010101 11
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,120
Words 192
Sentences 10
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 40
Lines Amount 40
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 883
Words per stanza (avg) 188
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch

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