Analysis of It is not Always May
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807 (Portland) – 1882 (Cambridge)
No hay pajaros en los nidos de antano.
Spanish Proverb
The sun is bright,--the air is clear,
The darting swallows soar and sing.
And from the stately elms I hear
The bluebird prophesying Spring.
So blue you winding river flows,
It seems an outlet from the sky,
Where waiting till the west-wind blows,
The freighted clouds at anchor lie.
All things are new;--the buds, the leaves,
That gild the elm-tree's nodding crest,
And even the nest beneath the eaves;--
There are no birds in last year's nest!
All things rejoice in youth and love,
The fulness of their first delight!
And learn from the soft heavens above
The melting tenderness of night.
Maiden, that read'st this simple rhyme,
Enjoy thy youth, it will not stay;
Enjoy the fragrance of thy prime,
For oh, it is not always May!
Enjoy the Spring of Love and Youth,
To some good angel leave the rest;
For Time will teach thee soon the truth,
There are no birds in last year's nest!
Scheme | xx xaxa bcbc dedE fgfg hihi jejE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111111 1010 01110111 01010101 01010111 0111 11110101 1111101 11010111 0111101 11110101 11011101 010010101 11110111 11010101 0111101 011011001 01010011 101111101 01111111 01010111 1111111 01011101 11110101 11111101 11110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 965 |
Words | 173 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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