Analysis of Song Of The Spinning Wheel
William Wordsworth 1770 (Wordsworth House) – 1850 (Cumberland)
FOUNDED UPON A BELIEF PREVALENT AMONG THE PASTORAL VALES OF WESTMORELAND
SWIFTLY turn the murmuring wheel!
Night has brought the welcome hour,
When the weary fingers feel
Help, as if from faery power;
Dewy night o'ershades the ground;
Turn the swift wheel round and round!
Now, beneath the starry sky,
Couch the widely-scattered sheep;--
Ply the pleasant labour, ply!
For the spindle, while they sleep,
Runs with speed more smooth and fine,
Gathering up a trustier line.
Short-lived likings may be bred
By a glance from fickle eyes;
But true love is like the thread
Which the kindly wool supplies,
When the flocks are all at rest
Sleeping on the mountain's breast.
Scheme | X ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHII |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 100100110001010011010 10101001 11101010 1010101 1111110 101101 1011101 1010101 1010101 101011 1010111 1111101 1001011 111111 1011101 1111101 1010101 1011111 1010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 655 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 132 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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