Analysis of A May Morning
William Henry Davies 1871 – 1940
The sky is clear,
The sun is bright;
The cows are red,
The sheep are white;
Trees in the meadows
Make happy shadows.
Birds in the hedge
Are perched and sing;
Swallows and larks
Are on the wing:
Two merry cuckoos
Are making echoes.
Bird and the beast
Have the dew yet;
My road shines dry,
Theirs bright and wet:
Death gives no warning,
On this May morning.
I see no Christ
Nailed on a tree,
Dying for sin;
No sin I see:
No thoughts for sadness,
All thoughts for gladness.
| Scheme | XAXABB XCXCXB XDXDCC XEXEXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111 0111 0111 0111 1001 1101 1001 1101 1001 1101 11010 11010 1001 1011 1111 1101 11110 11110 1111 1101 1011 1111 11110 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 458 |
| Words | 94 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on May 03, 2023
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