Analysis of Lines Written In The Album At Elbingerode, In The Hartz Forest
I stood on Brocken's sovran height, and saw
Woods crowding upon woods, hills over hills
A surging scene, and only limited
By the blue distance. Heavily my way
Downward I dragged through fir groves evermore,
Where bright green moss heaves in sepulchral forms
Speckled with sunshine; and, but seldom heard,
The sweet bird's song became a hollow sound;
And the breeze, murmuring indivisibly,
Preserved its solemn murmur most distinct
From many a note of many a waterfall,
And the brook's chatter; 'mid whose islet stones
The dingy kidling with its tinkling bell
Leaped frolicsome, or old romantic goat
Sat, his white beard slow waving. I moved on
In low and languid mood: for I had found
That outward forms, the loftiest, still receive
Their finer influence from the Life within;
Fair cyphers else: fair, but of import vague
Or unconcerning, where the heart not finds
History or prophecy of friend, or child,
Or gentle maid, our first and early love,
Or father, or the venerable name
Of our adored country! O thou Queen,
Thou delegated Deity of Earth,
O dear, dear England! how my longing eye
Turned westward, shaping in the steady clouds
Thy sands and high white cliffs!
My native Land!
Filled with the thought of thee this heart was proud,
Yea, mine eye swam with tears: that all the view
From sovran Brocken, woods and woody hills,
Floated away, like a departing dream,
Feeble and dim! Stranger, these impulses
Blame thou not lightly; nor will I profane,
With hasty judgment or injurious doubt,
That man's sublimer spirit, who can feel
That God is everywhere! the God who framed
Mankind to be one mighty family,
Himself our Father, and the World our Home.
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (23%) |
Metre | 111110101 1100111101 0101010100 1011010011 101111110 11111011 101101101 0111010101 0011001 0111010101 11001110010 0011011101 0101111001 11110101 1111110111 0101011111 110101101 11010010101 1101111011 1110111 10011001111 11011010101 1101010001 1100110111 110010011 1111011101 1101000101 110111 1101 1101111111 1111111101 110110101 1001100101 1001101100 1111011101 11010101001 11110111 111100111 1111110100 011010001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,624 |
Words | 286 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 28, 12 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 657 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 142 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 23, 2023
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