Analysis of June
James Whitcomb Riley 1849 (Greenfield) – 1916 (Indianapolis)
Queenly month of indolent repose!
I drink thy breath in sips of rare perfume,
As in thy downy lap of clover-bloom
I nestle like a drowsy child and doze
The lazy hours away. The zephyr throws
The shifting shuttle of the Summer's loom
And weaves a damask-work of gleam and gloom
Before thy listless feet. The lily blows
A bugle-call of fragrance o'er the glade;
And, wheeling into ranks, with plume and spear,
Thy harvest-armies gather on parade;
While, faint and far away, yet pure and clear,
A voice calls out of alien lands of shade:--
All hail the Peerless Goddess of the Year!
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Metre | 11110001 1111011101 1011011101 1101010101 01010010101 0101010101 0101011101 0111010101 01011101001 0100111101 1101010101 1101011101 01111100111 1101010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 574 |
Words | 107 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 454 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 104 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 27, 2023
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