Analysis of Spring
William Blake 1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)
Sound the flute!
Now it's mute!
Bird's delight,
Day and night,
Nightingale,
In the dale,
Lark in sky,--
Merrily,
Merrily merrily, to welcome in the year.
Little boy,
Full of joy;
Little girl,
Sweet and small;
Cock does crow,
So do you;
Merry voice,
Infant noise;
Merrily, merrily, to welcome in the year.
Little lamb,
Here I am;
Come and lick
My white neck;
Let me pull
Your soft wool;
Let me kiss
Your soft face;
Merrily, merrily, to welcome in the year.
| Scheme | aabbccxxD eexxxxxxD ffxxggxxD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101 111 101 101 100 001 101 100 100100110001 101 111 101 101 111 111 101 101 100100110001 101 111 101 111 111 111 111 111 100100110001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 580 |
| Words | 86 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9, 9, 9 |
| Lines Amount | 27 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 113 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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