Analysis of England i
William Wordsworth 1770 (Wordsworth House) – 1850 (Cumberland)
O FRIEND! I know not which way I must look
For comfort, being, as I am, opprest,
To think that now our life is only drest
For show; mean handy-work of craftsman, cook,
Or groom!--We must run glittering like a brook
In the open sunshine, or we are unblest:
The wealthiest man among us is the best:
No grandeur now in nature or in book
Delights us. Rapine, avarice, expense,
This is idolatry; and these we adore:
Plain living and high thinking are no more:
The homely beauty of the good old cause
Is gone; our peace, our fearful innocence,
And pure religion breathing household laws.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111111 110101111 11111011101 1111011101 11111100101 001011111 01001011101 1011010101 011110001 11010001101 1100110111 0101010111 111011010100 010101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 613 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 450 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 106 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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