Analysis of Shepherds All And Maidens Fair
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
PIPE, shepherds, pipe, the summer's ripe;
So wreathe your crooks with flowers;
The world's in tune to Love and June,
The days are rich in hours,
In rosy hours, in golden hours--
Love's crown and fortune fair,
So gather gold for Love to hold,
And flowers for Love to wear!
Sing, maidens, sing! A dancing ring
Of pleasures speed your way;
Too harsh and dry is fierce July,
Too maiden-meek was May;
But Love and June their old sweet tune
Are singing at your ear:
So learn the song and troop along
To meet your shepherds dear!
Oh, Chloris fair, a rose to wear,
And gold to spend have I--
When all are gay on this June day
You would not bid me sigh?
You would not scorn a swain forlorn--
Each shepherd far and near
Hastes to his sweet, with flying feet,
As I towards my dear.
No maids there be in Arcady
But have their shepherds true;
Must you alone despise the one
Who only pipes for you?
You have no ear my pipe to hear
Though all for you it be;
And I no eyes for her who sighs
And only sings for me!
Scheme | XABAACDC XEFEBGXH CFEFXHXH DIXIGJXJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010101 1111110 01011101 0111010 0101001010 110101 11011111 0101111 11010101 110111 1101111 110111 11011111 110111 11010101 111101 11010111 011111 11111111 111111 11110101 110101 11111101 110111 111101 111101 11010101 110111 11111111 111111 01111011 010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,005 |
Words | 199 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 190 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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