Analysis of On A Portrait Of Wordsworth
Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806 (Kelloe) – 1861 (Florence)
WORDSWORTH upon Helvellyn ! Let the cloud
Ebb audibly along the mountain-wind,
Then break against the rock, and show behind
The lowland valleys floating up to crowd
The sense with beauty. He with forehead bowed
And humble-lidded eyes, as one inclined
Before the sovran thought of his own mind,
And very meek with inspirations proud,
Takes here his rightful place as poet-priest
By the high altar, singing prayer and prayer
To the higher Heavens. A noble vision free
Our Haydon's hand has flung out from the mist:
No portrait this, with Academic air !
This is the poet and his poetry.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10011101 1100010101 1101010101 011010111 0111011101 010111101 0101011111 010110101 1111011101 1011010101 101010010101 1011111101 110110101 1101001100 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 578 |
Words | 101 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 4 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 233 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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