The Charming Month of May by Robert Burns
At daybreak in May, youthful Chloe wakes, dresses, and walks across a flowering meadow. Birds hail her with song, and her radiant eyes are described as outshining the rising sun.
By Robert Burns · Genre: Lyric Poetry, Pastoral Poetry · 205 words
First lines
Tune-"Daintie Davie."
It was the charming month of May, / When all the flow'rs were fresh and gay. / One morning, by the break of day, / The youthful, charming Chloe- / From peaceful slumber she arose, / Girt on her mantle and her hose, / And o'er the flow'ry mead she goes- / The youthful, charming Chloe.
Chorus. -Lovely was she by the dawn, / Youthful Chloe, charming Chloe, / Tripping o'er the pearly lawn, / The youthful, charming Chloe.
Genres
- Lyric Poetry — A named tune and recurring chorus frame the verses celebrating Chloe's beauty at dawn.
- Pastoral Poetry — Chloe walks through a flowering meadow surrounded by trees and singing birds.
Tags
spring · dawn · meadows · birdsong · beauty · song
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Robert Burns
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Lyric Poetry, Pastoral Poetry
- Length: 205 words
- Structure: 1 section, 4 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Standard (8th-9th Grade)
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