Analysis of Written at Stonehenge



Thou noblest monument of Albion's isle!
   Whether by Merlin's aid, from Scythia's shore,
   To Amber's fatal plain Pendragon bore,
   Huge frame of giant-hands, the mighty pile
   T' entomb his Britons slain by Hengist's guile:
   Or Druid priests, sprinkled with human gore,
   Taught 'mid thy massy maze their mystic lore:
   Or Danish chiefs, enrich'd with savage spoil,
   To Victory's idol vast, an unhewn shrine,
  Rear'd the rude heap: or, in thy hallow'd round,
  Repose the kings of Brutus' genuine line;
  Or here those kings in solemn state were crown'd:
  Studious to trace thy wondrous origine,
  We muse on many an ancient tale renown'd.


Scheme ABBAABBCDEDEDE
Poetic Form
Metre 110100111 10111111 11010111 1111010101 1011101111 1101101101 111111101 1101011101 11101111 1011101101 01011101001 1111010101 100111101 11110110101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 647
Words 104
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 482
Words per stanza (avg) 102
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 04, 2023

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