Analysis of The Lent Lily
Alfred Edward Housman 1859 – 1936
'Tis spring; come out to ramble
The hilly brakes around,
For under thorn and bramble
About the hollow ground
The primroses are found.
And there's the windflower chilly
With all the winds at play,
And there's the Lenten lily
That has not long to stay
And dies on Easter day.
And since till girls go maying
You find the primrose still,
And find the windflower playing
With every wind at will,
But not the daffodil,
Bring baskets now, and sally
Upon the spring's array,
And bear from hill and valley
The daffodil away
That dies on Easter day.
Scheme | ABABB CDCDD EFEFF CDCDD |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (35%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1111110 010101 1101010 010101 01011 010110 110111 010110 111111 011101 011111 11011 010110 1100111 11010 1101010 010101 0111010 01001 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 547 |
Words | 100 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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