Analysis of Cuckoo Song
Sing, cuccu, nu! Sing, cuccu!
Sing, cuccu! Sing, cuccu, nu!
Sumer is icumen in;
Lhud{.e} sing, cuccu!
Groweth sed, and bloweth med,
And springth the wud{.e} nu.
Sing, cuccu!
Aw{.e} bleteth after lomb,
Lhouth after calv{.e} cu;
Bulluc sterteth, buck{.e} verteth;
Muri{.e} sing, cuccu!
Cuccu! cuccu!
Wel sing{.e}s thu, cuccu;
Ne swik thu naver nu.
| Scheme | ABXAXBA XAXA AAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111 11111 1110 1111 11011 010111 11 111101 110111 11111 10111 11 111111 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 402 |
| Words | 64 |
| Sentences | 19 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7, 4, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 80 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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