Analysis of Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind
William Shakespeare 1564 (Stratford-upon-Avon) – 1616 (Stratford-upon-Avon)
Blow, blow, thou winter wind
Thou art not so unkind
As man's ingratitude;
Thy tooth is not so keen,
Because thou art not seen,
Although thy breath be rude.
Heigh-ho! sing, heigh-ho! unto the green holly:
Most freindship if feigning, most loving mere folly:
Then heigh-ho, the holly!
This life is most jolly.
Freeze, freeze thou bitter sky,
That does not bite so nigh
As benefits forgot:
Though thou the waters warp,
Thy sting is not so sharp
As a friend remembered not.
Heigh-ho! sing, heigh-ho! unto the green holly:
Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly:
Then heigh-ho, the holly!
This life is most jolly.
Scheme | aaabbx CcCC ddexxeCcCC |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 111101 111101 111 111111 011111 11111 11111100110 11110110110 111010 111110 111101 111111 110001 110101 111111 1010101 11111100110 110110110110 111010 111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 629 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 4, 10 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 160 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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