Analysis of Composed By The Side Of Grasmere Lake 1806
William Wordsworth 1770 (Wordsworth House) – 1850 (Cumberland)
CLOUDS, lingering yet, extend in solid bars
Through the grey west; and lo! these waters, steeled
By breezeless air to smoothest polish, yield
A vivid repetition of the stars;
Jove, Venus, and the ruddy crest of Mars
Amid his fellows beauteously revealed
At happy distance from earth's groaning field,
Where ruthless mortals wage incessant wars.
Is it a mirror?--or the nether Sphere
Opening to view the abyss in which she feeds
Her own calm fires?--But list! a voice is near;
Great Pan himself low-whispering through the reeds,
'Be thankful, thou; for, if unholy deeds
Ravage the world, tranquillity is here!'
| Scheme | ABBAABBCDEDEEF |
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11001010101 1011011101 111110101 010010101 1100010111 01110101 1101011101 1101010101 1101010101 100110010111 01110110111 11011100101 1101110101 1001111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 605 |
| Words | 105 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 481 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 100 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 22, 2023
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