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"May", "May Month" or "The Month of May", known in Welsh as "Mis Mai", is a 14th-century Welsh poem in the form of a cywydd[1] by Dafydd ap Gwilym, widely seen as the greatest of the Welsh poets.[2] The poem celebrates May, and specifically May Day, as the beginning of summer, the season in which the poet can make assignations to woo young ladies in the woods,[3][4] though since the woods of May are only one part of Creation his praise of them also involves praise of God.[5] It was included by Thomas Parry in his Oxford Book of Welsh Verse.[6]

  1. ^ Bromwich, Rachel (1986). Aspects of the Poetry of Dafydd ap Gwilym: Collected Papers. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 76. ISBN 0708309054. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  2. ^ Koch, John T. (2006). Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia. Volume 5. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. p. 1770. ISBN 1851094407. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  3. ^ Ford 1999, p. 265.
  4. ^ Johnston 2007.
  5. ^ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MtnpEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA79&dq=%22mis+mai%22+%22dafydd+ap+gwilym%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwijvPHQkNuHAxW-QUEAHU0LCb0Q6AF6BAgEEAI#v=onepage&q=%22mis%20mai%22%20%22dafydd%20ap%20gwilym%22&f=false p. 7
  6. ^ Parry 1962, pp. 58–60.