Analysis of Avaunt All Specious Pliancy Of Mind
William Wordsworth 1770 (Wordsworth House) – 1850 (Cumberland)
AVAUNT all specious pliancy of mind
In men of low degree, all smooth pretence!
I better like a blunt indifference,
And self-respecting slowness, disinclined
To win me at first sight: and be there joined
Patience and temperance with this high reserve,
Honour that knows the path and will not swerve;
Affections, which, if put to proof, are kind;
And piety towards God. Such men of old
Were England's native growth; and, throughout Spain
(Thanks to high God) forests of such remain:
Then for that Country let our hopes be bold;
For matched with these shall policy prove vain,
Her arts, her strength, her iron, and her gold.
| Scheme | ABBACDDAEFFEFE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110111 011101111 1101010100 010101001 1111110111 10010011101 111010111 0101111111 01000111111 0101010011 1111101101 11110110111 1111110011 0101010001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 617 |
| Words | 109 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 490 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 107 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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