Analysis of Song. O spirit Of The Summer-time!
William Allingham 1824 (Ballyshannon) – 1889 (Hampstead)
O spirit of the Summer-time!
Bring back the roses to the dells;
The swallow from her distant clime,
The honey-bee from drowsy cells.
Bring back the friendship of the sun;
The gilded evenings calm and late,
When weary children homeward run,
And peeping stars bid lovers wait.
Bring back the singing; and the scent
Of meadow-lands at dewy prime;
Oh, bring again my heart's content,
Thou Spirit of the Summer-time!
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EAEA |
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Poetic Form | Pantoum Quatrain |
Metre | 11010101 11010101 01010101 01011101 11010101 01010101 11010101 01011101 11010001 1111101 11011110 11010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 408 |
Words | 72 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 03, 2023
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