Analysis of Fair Summer Droops

Thomas Nashe 1567 (Lowestoft) – 1601



Fair summer droops, droop men and beasts therefore,
So fair a summer look for nevermore:
All good things vanish less than in a day,
Peace, plenty, pleasure, suddenly decay.
Go not yet away, bright soul of the sad year,
The earth is hell when thou leav'st to appear.

What, shall those flowers that decked thy garland erst,
Upon thy grave be wastefully dispersed?
O trees, consume your sap in sorrow's source,
Streams, turn to tears your tributary course.
Go not yet hence, bright soul of the sad year,
The earth is hell when thou leav'st to appear.


Scheme aabbcC bxddcC
Poetic Form
Metre 110111011 110101110 1111011001 1101010001 11101111011 0111111101 11110111101 01111101 110111011 111111001 1111111011 0111111101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 544
Words 99
Sentences 6
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 6
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 214
Words per stanza (avg) 49
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Thomas Nashe

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