Analysis of 'Tis Spring, My Love, 'Tis Spring

John Clare 1793 (Helpston) – 1864 (St Andrew's Hospital)



'T is Spring, my love, 'tis Spring,
And the birds begin to sing:
If 'twas Winter, left alone with you,
Your bonny form and face
Would make a Summer place,
And be the finest flower that ever grew.

'T is Spring, my love, 'tis Spring,
And the hazel catkins hing,
While the snowdrop has its little blebs of dew;
But that's not so white within
As your bosom's hidden skin--
That sweetest of all flowers that ever grew.

The sun arose from bed,
All strewn with roses red,
But the brightest and the loveliest crimson place
Is not so fresh and fair,
Or so sweet beyond compare,
As thy blushing, ever smiling, happy face.

I love Spring's early flowers,
And their bloom in its first hours,
But they never half so bright or lovely seem
As the blithe and happy grace
Of my darling's blushing face,
And the happiness of love's young dream.


Scheme Aabccb Aabddb eecffc gghcch
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111 0010111 111010111 110101 110101 01010101101 1111111 0010101 1011110111 1111101 111101 11011101101 010111 111101 1010001101 111101 1110101 11101010101 1111010 01101110 11101111101 1010101 111101 001001111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 811
Words 156
Sentences 4
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6, 6
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 159
Words per stanza (avg) 38
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on April 25, 2023

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John Clare

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