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.
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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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