Analysis of Young May sat fainting and chill
Augusta Davies Webster 1837 (Poole, Dorset) – 1894
YOUNG May sat fainting and chill,
And neither could live nor die;
She looked and hated the sky,
Yet knew not what was her ill.
Ah well-a-day!
For the lonely May.
She tired of weeping, and slept;
Who woke her up but the Sun?
And joy and love had begun
To teach her why she had wept
Oh bright new day
For the startled May!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111001 0101111 1101001 1111101 1101 10101 11011001 1101101 0101101 1101111 1111 10101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 317 |
Words | 67 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 122 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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