Analysis of Hymm to the Winds
Joachim du Bellay 1525 (Liré) – 1560 (Paris)
To you, troop so fleet,
That with winged wandering feet,
Through the wide world pass,
And with soft murmuring
Toss the green shades of spring
In woods and grass,
Lily and violet
I give, and blossoms wet,
Roses and dew;
This branch of blushing roses,
Whose fresh bud uncloses,
Wind-flowers too.
Ah, winnow with sweet breath,
Winnow the holt and heath,
Round this retreat;
Where all the golden morn
We fan the gold o’ the corn,
In the sun’s heat.
Scheme | AABCCBDEFGBFHIAJJA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111 1111001 10111 011100 101111 0101 100100 110101 1001 1111010 1111 1101 11111 10101 1101 110101 1101101 0011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 456 |
Words | 82 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 345 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 80 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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