Fairy Land i

William Shakespeare 1564 (Stratford-upon-Avon) – 1616 (Stratford-upon-Avon)



OVER hill, over dale,
   Thorough bush, thorough brier,
   Over park, over pale,
   Thorough flood, thorough fire,
   I do wander everywhere,
   Swifter than the moone's sphere;
   And I serve the fairy queen,
   To dew her orbs upon the green:
   The cowslips tall her pensioners be;
   In their gold coats spots you see;
   Those be rubies, fairy favours,
   In those freckles live their savours:
   I must go seek some dew-drops here,
And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 28, 2023

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138

Quick analysis:

Scheme ABABCDEEFFGGHH
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 486
Words 79
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". more…

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