Analysis of France: An Ode
Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772 (Ottery St Mary) – 1834 (Highgate)
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O Liberty ! with profitless endeavour
Have I pursued thee, many a weary hour ;
But thou nor swell'st the victor's strain, nor ever
Didst breathe thy soul in forms of human power.
Alike from all, howe'er they praise thee,
(Nor prayer, nor boastful name delays thee)
[Image]Alike from Priestcraft's harpy minions,
And factious Blasphemy's obscener slaves,
Thou speedest on thy subtle pinions,
The guide of homeless winds, and playmate of the waves !
And there I felt thee !--on that sea-cliff's verge,
Whose pines, scarce travelled by the breeze above,
Had made one murmur with the distant surge !
Yes, while I stood and gazed, my temples bare,
And shot my being through earth, sea, and air,
Possessing all things with intensest love,
O Liberty ! my spirit felt thee there.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10 1 110011010 110111001010 111110101110 11110111010 011110111 111101011 111110 01111 1111101 01110101101 0111111111 1111010101 1111010101 1111011101 0111011101 01011111 1100110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 826 |
Words | 130 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 19 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 610 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 134 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 17, 2023
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