Analysis of A Glee For Winter
Alfred Domett 1811 (Camberwell) – 1887 (London)
HENCE, rude Winter! crabbed old fellow,
Never merry, never mellow!
Well-a-day! in rain and snow
What will keep one’s heart aglow?
Groups of kinsmen, old and young,
Oldest they old friends among;
Groups of friends, so old and true
That they seem our kinsmen too;
These all merry all together
Charm away chill Winter weather.
What will kill this dull old fellow?
Ale that ’s bright, and wine that ’s mellow!
Dear old songs for ever new;
Some true love, and laughter too;
Pleasant wit, and harmless fun,
And a dance when day is done.
Music, friends so true and tried,
Whisper’d love by warm fireside,
Mirth at all times all together,
Make sweet May of Winter weather.
Scheme | AAAABBCCDD AACCEEFFDD |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) |
Metre | 11101110 10101010 1010101 1111101 111101 1011101 1111101 1111011 11101010 10111010 11111110 1111011110 1111101 1110101 1010101 0011111 1011101 111110 11111010 11111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 694 |
Words | 120 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 10 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 257 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 59 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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