Analysis of Easter Zunday

William Barnes 1801 (Bagber) – 1886



Last Easter Jim put on his blue
Frock cwoat, the vu'st time-vier new;
Wi' yollow buttons all o' brass,
That glitter'd in the zun lik' glass;
An' pok'd 'ithin the button-hole
A tutty he'd a-begg'd or stole.
A span-new wes-co't, too, he wore,
Wi' yellow stripes all down avore;
An' tied his breeches' lags below
The knee, wi' ribbon in a bow;
An' drow'd his kitty-boots azide,
An' put his laggens on, an' tied
His shoes wi' strings two vingers wide,
Because 'twer Easter Zunday.

An' after mornen church wer out
He come back hwome, an' stroll'd about
All down the vields, an' drough the leane,
Wi' sister Kit an' cousin Jeane,
A-turnen proudly to their view
His yollow breast an' back o' blue.
The lambs did play, the grounds wer green,
The trees did bud, the zun did sheen;
The lark did zing below the sky,
An' roads wer all a-blown so dry,
As if the zummer wer begun;
An' he had sich a bit o' fun!
He meade the maidens squeal an' run,
Because 'twer Easter Zunday.


Scheme aabbccddxxeeeE eeffaaffggfffE
Poetic Form
Metre 11011111 11011111 1110111 11000111 1110101 0110111 011111111 1101111 1111101 01110001 1111011 1111111 1111111 011101 1101111 11111101 11011101 11011101 0110111 1111111 01110111 01110111 01110101 11110111 1101101 11110111 11010111 011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 943
Words 181
Sentences 6
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 14, 14
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 356
Words per stanza (avg) 90
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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William Barnes

William Barnes, Barne, Barneis or Berners, of Thoby, Essex, was an English politician. more…

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