Analysis of Inscription 04 - For The Apartment In Chepstow-Castle
Robert Southey 1774 (Bristol) – 1843 (London)
For thirty years secluded from mankind,
Here Marten linger'd. Often have these walls
Echoed his footsteps, as with even tread
He paced around his prison: not to him
Did Nature's fair varieties exist;
He never saw the Sun's delightful beams,
Save when thro' yon high bars it pour'd a sad
And broken splendor. Dost thou ask his crime?
He had rebell'd against the King, and sat
In judgment on him; for his ardent mind
Shaped goodliest plans of happiness on earth,
And peace and liberty. Wild dreams! But such
As PLATO lov'd; such as with holy zeal
Our MILTON worshipp'd. Blessed hopes! awhile
From man withheld, even to the latter days,
When CHRIST shall come and all things be fulfill'd.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIAJKLMNO |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101010111 1101010111 101111101 1101110111 1101010001 1101010101 1111111101 0101011111 1101010101 0101111101 111110011 0101001111 1101111101 1010101101 11011010101 1111011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 678 |
Words | 122 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 538 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 120 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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