Analysis of The Lover in Winter Plaineth for the Spring



Westron wind, when wilt thou blow
That small rain down can rain?
Christ, that my love were in my arms
And I in my bed again!


Scheme ABCD
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 111111 11110011 0101101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 129
Words 28
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 95
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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