Analysis of The End Of May
William Morris 1834 (Walthamstow) – 1896 (London)
How the wind howls this morn
About the end of May,
And drives June on apace
To mock the world forlorn
And the world’s joy passed away
And my unlonged-for face!
The world’s joy passed away;
For no more may I deem
That any folk are glad
To see the dawn of day
Sunder the tangled dream
Wherein no grief they had.
Ah, through the tangled dream
Where others have no grief
Ever it fares with me
That fears and treasons stream
And dumb sleep slays belief
Whatso therein may be.
Sleep slayeth all belief
Until the hopeless light
Wakes at the birth of June
More lying tales to weave,
More love in woe’s despite,
More hope to perish soon.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101111 010111 011101 110101 0011101 01111 011101 111111 110111 110111 100101 011111 110101 110111 101111 11011 011101 10111 11101 010101 110111 110111 110101 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 619 |
Words | 122 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 24 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 496 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 120 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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