Analysis of The Coming-In Of Summer
Thomas MacDonagh 1878 (Cloughjordan) – 1916 (Kilmainham Gaol)
Yesterday a swallow
Cuckoo-song to-day,
And anon will follow
All the flight of May,
For Summer is a-coming in.
Corncrake's ancient sorrow
Pains the evening hush,
But the dawn to-morrow
Gladdens with the thrush--
And Summer is a-coming in.
Oh! laburnum yellow,
Lilac and the rose,
Chestnut shadow mellow
In my garden-close,
And Summer, Summer coming in!
Lo, with shield and arrow,
Burnished helm and spear,
Flower and leaflet narrow
Rank on rank appear--
King Summer is a-coming in!
Summer, haste and hallow
Something of the Spring,
Which is harsh and callow
Till thy herald sing--
Oh! Summer is a-coming in!
Scheme | ABABC ADADC AXAXC AEAEC AFAFC |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (32%) |
Metre | 10010 1111 01110 10111 11010100 11010 10101 101110 1101 01010100 1110 1001 1110 01101 01010100 111010 10101 1001010 11101 11010100 101010 10101 111010 11101 11010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 591 |
Words | 103 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 09, 2023
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