Analysis of Your hay it is mow'd, and your corn is reap'd
John Dryden 1631 (Aldwincle) – 1631 (London)
(Comus.) Your hay it is mow'd, and your corn is reap'd;
Your barns will be full, and your hovels heap'd:
Come, my boys, come;
Come, my boys, come;
And merrily roar out Harvest Home.
(Chorus.) Come, my boys, come;
Come, my boys, come;
And merrily roar out Harvest Home.
(Man.) We ha' cheated the parson, we'll cheat him agen,
For why should a blockhead ha' one in ten?
One in ten,
One in ten,
For why should a blockhead ha' one in ten?
For prating so long like a book-learn'd sot,
Till pudding and dumplin burn to pot,
Burn to pot,
Burn to pot,
Till pudding and dumplin burn to pot.
(Chorus.)Burn to pot,
Burn to pot,
Till pudding and dumplin burn to pot.
We'll toss off our ale till we canno' stand,
And Hoigh for the honour of Old England:
Old England,
Old England,
And Hoigh for the honour of Old England.
(Chorus.) Old England,
Old England,
And Hoigh for the honour of Old England.
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Metre | 11111101111 1111101101 1111 1111 010011101 101111 1111 010011101 111100101111 111011101 101 101 111011101 111110111 11001111 111 111 11001111 10111 111 11001111 1111011111 011011110 110 110 011011110 10110 110 011011110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 974 |
Words | 173 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 5, 16 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 218 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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