Analysis of To Mistress Margaret Hussey
John Skelton 1460 (Norfolk) – 1529 (London)
MERRY Margaret
As midsummer flower,
Gentle as falcon
Or hawk of the tower:
With solace and gladness,
Much mirth and no madness,
All good and no badness;
So joyously,
So maidenly,
So womanly
Her demeaning
In every thing,
Far, far passing
That I can indite,
Or suffice to write
Of Merry Margaret
As midsummer flower,
Gentle as falcon
Or hawk of the tower.
As patient and still
And as full of good will
As fair Isaphill,
Coliander,
Sweet pomander,
Good Cassander;
Steadfast of thought,
Well made, well wrought,
Far may be sought,
Ere that ye can find
So courteous, so kind
As merry Margaret,
This midsummer flower,
Gentle as falcon
Or hawk of the tower.
Scheme | aBCBdddeeefffggaBCBeeebbbhhhiiabCB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10100 111010 10110 111010 11001 110110 110110 11 11 11 0010 01001 1110 11101 10111 110100 111010 10110 111010 11001 011111 111 1 11 11 111 1111 1111 11111 110011 110100 111010 10110 111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 748 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 34 |
Lines Amount | 34 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 512 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 115 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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