Analysis of Among All Lovely Things My Love Had Been
William Wordsworth 1770 (Wordsworth House) – 1850 (Cumberland)
AMONG all lovely things my Love had been;
Had noted well the stars, all flowers that grew
About her home; but she had never seen
A glow-worm, never one, and this I knew.
While riding near her home one stormy night
A single glow-worm did I chance to espy;
I gave a fervent welcome to the sight,
And from my horse I leapt; great joy had I.
Upon a leaf the glow-worm did I lay,
To bear it with me through the stormy night:
And, as before, it shone without dismay;
Albeit putting forth a fainter light.
When to the dwelling of my Love I came,
I went into the orchard quietly;
And left the glow-worm, blessing it by name,
Laid safely by itself, beneath a tree.
The whole next day, I hoped, and hoped with fear;
At night the glow-worm shone beneath the tree;
I led my Lucy to the spot, 'Look here,'
Oh! joy it was for her, and joy for me!
Scheme | XAXA BCBX DBDB ECEC XCXC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 0111011111 11010111011 0101111101 0111010111 1101011101 01011111110 1101010101 0111111111 0101011111 1111110101 0101110101 0101010101 1101011111 1101010100 0101110111 1101010101 0111110111 1101110101 1111010111 1111100111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 822 |
Words | 167 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 126 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 09, 2023
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