This is an analysis of To May by William Wordsworth.
THOUGH many suns have risen and set
Since thou, blithe May, wert born,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababbcbc adadefef cgcgeheh cicieXej kjkjaiai ceXelXla iXiXejeX jejejcjc babakhkh lmlmaeae memejeje nfnfoaoa
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 110111011 111111 11111101 111101 11100111 011111 11010111 110101 01010101 110101 11010101 0101001 11010111 1111010 11010101 1101010 11110111 0101001 00110101 0101101 01010101 10001001 11110101 110101 11011111 011111 11011101 110001 01110111 100101 110100101 1101110 11010101 010101 01010111 0100011 111100111 010001 01011101 110011 11000111 0101001 11111101 110101 11110101 111111 11111101 110101 11111101 1101001 100100101 0100111 101011101 011111 110100101 1111110 11010101 110111 110111101 100001 10101010 110101 11110101 010101 11011111 111111 01010101 110011 01111111 011001 10010101 110111 11110111 110011 100010101 1000101 11110101 110111 10010101 111101 11000101 111101 11010011 111101 11011101 110101 01111111 1111010 10010101 0111110 01001101 1100010 11011011 010101 01010111 110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 12
- Lines: 96
Anaphora
the, and