Analysis of Bridal Song
William Shakespeare 1564 (Stratford-upon-Avon) – 1616 (Stratford-upon-Avon)
ROSES, their sharp spines being gone,
Not royal in their smells alone,
But in their hue;
Maiden pinks, of odour faint,
Daisies smell-less, yet most quaint,
And sweet thyme true;
Primrose, firstborn child of Ver;
Merry springtime's harbinger,
With her bells dim;
Oxlips in their cradles growing,
Marigolds on death-beds blowing,
Larks'-heels trim;
All dear Nature's children sweet
Lie 'fore bride and bridegroom's feet,
Blessing their sense!
Not an angel of the air,
Bird melodious or bird fair,
Be absent hence!
The crow, the slanderous cuckoo, nor
The boding raven, nor chough hoar,
Nor chattering pye,
May on our bride-house perch or sing,
Or with them any discord bring,
But from it fly!
Scheme | XXABBA CCDEED FFGHHG IIJEEJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111101 11001101 1011 101111 1011111 0111 111111 101100 1011 1011010 1011110 111 1110101 111011 1011 1110101 10100111 1101 01010011 0110111 11001 111011111 11110101 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 722 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 135 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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