Analysis of The Parlement of Fowls
Geoffrey Chaucer 1343 (London) – 1400 (London)
Now welcome, somer, with thy sonne soft{.e},
That hast this wintr{.e}s wedr{.e}s overshak{.e},
And driven away the long{.e} nyght{.e}s blak{.e}!
Saynt Valentyn, that art ful hy on-lofte,
Thus syngen smal{.e} foul{.e}s for thy sak{.e}:
Now welcome, somer, with thy sonn{.e} soft{.e},
That hast this wintr{.e}s wedr{.e}s overshak{.e}.
Wel han they caus{.e} for to gladen oft{.e},
Sith ech of hem recover{.e}d hath hys mak{.e};
Ful blissful mowe they syng{.e} when they wak{.e}:
Now welcome, somer, with thy sonn{.e} soft{.e}
That hast this wintr{.e}s wedr{.e}s overshak{.e}
And driven away the long{.e} nyght{.e}s blak{.e}!
Scheme | aAA xaAA aaaAAA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101011111 11111111111 0100101111111 11111111 11111111111 11010111111 11111111111 1111111111 1111010111111 11011111111 11010111111 11111111111 0100101111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 673 |
Words | 122 |
Sentences | 33 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 6 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 142 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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