Analysis of Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802
William Wordsworth 1770 (Wordsworth House) – 1850 (Cumberland)
Earth has not anything to show more fair:
Dull would he be of soul who could pass by
A sight so touching in its majesty:
This City now doth, like a garment, wear
The beauty of the morning; silent, bare,
Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie
Open unto the fields, and to the sky;
All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.
Never did sun more beautifully steep
In his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill;
Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!
The river glideth at his own sweet will:
Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;
And all that mighty heart is lying still!
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Metre | 111101111 1111111111 0111001100 1101110101 0101010101 11011000101 1010010101 11010000101 101111001 011110111 1111010111 010111111 1101010101 0111011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 578 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 449 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 109 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 22, 2023
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