Analysis of By The Side Of The Grave Some Years After
William Wordsworth 1770 (Wordsworth House) – 1850 (Cumberland)
LONG time his pulse hath ceased to beat
But benefits, his gift, we trace--
Expressed in every eye we meet
Round this dear Vale, his native place.
To stately Hall and Cottage rude
Flowed from his life what still they hold,
Light pleasures, every day, renewed;
And blessings half a century old.
Oh true of heart, of spirit gay,
Thy faults, where not already gone
From memory, prolong their stay
For charity's sweet sake alone.
Such solace find we for our loss;
And what beyond this thought we crave
Comes in the promise from the Cross,
Shining upon thy happy grave.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EXEX FGFG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 11111111 11001111 010100111 11111101 11010101 11111111 110100101 010101001 11111101 11110101 11000111 11001101 110111101 01011111 10010101 10011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 558 |
Words | 103 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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