Analysis of A Merry Madrigal
William Schwenck Gilbert 1836 – 1911
Brightly dawns our wedding day;
Joyous hour, we give thee greeting!
Whither, whither art thou fleeting?
Fickle moment, prithee stay!
What though mortal joys be hollow?
Pleasures come, if sorrows follow.
Though the tocsin sound, ere long,
Ding dong! Ding dong!
Yet until the shadows fall
Over one and over all,
Sing a merry madrigal -
Fal la!
Let us dry the ready tear;
Though the hours are surely creeping,
Little need for woeful weeping
Till the sad sundown is near.
All must sip the cup of sorrow,
I to-day and thou to-morrow:
This the close of every song -
Ding dong! Ding dong!
What though solemn shadows fall,
Sooner, later, over all?
Sing a merry madrigal -
Fal la!
Scheme | abbaccdDeeFG xbbxccdDeeFG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10110101 101011110 10101110 101011 11101110 10111010 101111 1111 101011 1010101 1010100 11 1110101 101011010 10111010 101111 11101110 11101110 10111001 1111 111011 1010101 1010100 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 658 |
Words | 122 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 12 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 260 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 61 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 10, 2023
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