Analysis of XIV. On a Distant View of England.
William Lisle Bowles 1762 (King's Sutton) – 1850
AH! from my eyes the tears unbidden start,
Albion! as now thy cliffs (that bright appear
Far o'er the wave, and their proud summits rear
To meet the beams of morn) my beating heart,
With eager hope, and filial transport hails!
Scenes of my youth, reviving gales ye bring.
As when, ere while, the tuneful morn of spring
Joyous awoke amid your blooming vales,
And fill'd with fragrance every breathing plain; --
Fled are those hours, and all the joys they gave,
Yet still I sigh, and count each rising wave,
That bears me nearer to your shores again;
If haply, 'mid the woods and vales so fair,
Stranger to Peace! I yet may meet her there.
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Metre | 11110111 10011111101 11001011101 1101111101 11010100011 1111010111 1111010111 1001011101 01110100101 11110010111 1111011101 1111011101 111010111 1011111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 645 |
Words | 119 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 492 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 117 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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