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
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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Joachim du Bellay

Joachim du Bellay was a French poet, critic, and a member of the Pléiade. more…

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