Analysis of Life
Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772 (Ottery St Mary) – 1834 (Highgate)
As late I journey'd o'er the extensive plain
Where native Otter sports his scanty stream,
Musing in torpid woe a Sister's pain,
The glorious prospect woke me from the dream.
At every step it widen'd to my sight -
Wood, Meadow, verdant Hill, and dreary Steep,
Following in quick succession of delight, -
Till all - at once - did my eye ravish'd sweep!
May this (I cried) my course through Life portray!
New scenes of Wisdom may each step display,
And Knowledge open as my days advance!
Till what time Death shall pour the undarken'd ray,
My eye shall dart thro' infinite expanse,
And thought suspended lie in Rapture's blissful trance.
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD EEFEFF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101000101 1101011101 1001010101 01001011101 11001110111 111010101 10001010101 111111111 1111111101 1111011101 0101011101 111111011 1111110001 01010101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 629 |
| Words | 114 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 165 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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