Analysis of When on a Summer's Morn
William Henry Davies 1871 – 1940
When on a summer's morn I wake,
And open my two eyes,
Out to the clear, born-singing rills
My bird-like spirit flies.
To hear the Blackbird, Cuckoo, Thrush,
Or any bird in song;
And common leaves that hum all day
Without a throat or tongue.
And when Time strikes the hour for sleep,
Back in my room alone,
My heart has many a sweet bird's song --
And one that's all my own.
| Scheme | XAAA XBXX XCBC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 11010111 010111 11011101 111101 1101011 110101 01011111 010111 011101011 101101 111100111 011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 379 |
| Words | 75 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 08, 2023
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