Analysis of Roundel

Geoffrey Chaucer 1343 (London) – 1400 (London)



Now welcome Summer with thy sunne soft,
That hast this winter`s weathers overshake,
And driven away the longe nighties black.

Saint Valentine, that art full high aloft,
Thus singen smalle fowles for thy sake:
Now welcome Summer with tye sunne soft,
That hast this winter`s weathers overshake.

Well have they cause for to gladden oft,
Wince each of them recovered hath his make.
Full blissful may they singe when they wake:
Now welcome Summer with they sunne soft,
That has this winters weathers overshake,
And driven away the longe nighties black.


Scheme aBB cbaB cbbabB
Poetic Form
Metre 110101111 1111101 010010111 110111101 11110111 110101111 1111101 111111101 1111010111 110111111 110101111 11110101 010010111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 543
Words 93
Sentences 5
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 3, 4, 6
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 148
Words per stanza (avg) 30
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer, known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages and was the first poet to have been buried in Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey. more…

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