Analysis of To The Month Of May (From The Cantigas)
Welcome, O May, yet once again we greet thee!
So alway praise we her, the Holy Mother,
Who prays to God that he shall aid us ever
Against our foes, and to us ever listen.
Welcome, O May! loyally art thou welcome!
So alway praise we her, the Mother of kindness,
Mother who alway on us taketh pity,
Mother who guardeth us from woes unnumbered.
Welcome, O May! welcome, O month well favored!
So let us ever pray and offer praises
To her who ceases not for us, for sinners,
To pray to God that we from woes be guarded.
Welcome, O May! O joyous month and stainless!
So will we ever pray to her who gaineth
Grace from her Son for us, and gives each morning
Force that by us the Moors from Spain are driven.
Welcome, O May, of bread and wine the giver!
Pray then to her, for in her arms, an infant
She bore the Lord! she points us on our journey,
The journey that to her will bear us quickly!
Scheme | ABBCDEAFFGHFEAICBFAA |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 10111101111 1111001010 11111111110 011010111010 10111001110 11110010110 1011111010 10111111 10111011110 11110101010 10110111110 11111111110 10111101010 1111011011 11011101110 11110111110 10111101010 11101001110 110111111010 01011011110 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 874 |
Words | 177 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 677 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 175 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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