Analysis of The Lent Lily



'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
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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Alfred Edward Housman

Alfred Edward Housman, usually known as A. E. Housman, was an English classical scholar and poet, best known to the general public for his cycle of poems A Shropshire Lad.  more…

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