Analysis of Desideria
William Wordsworth 1770 (Wordsworth House) – 1850 (Cumberland)
SURPRISED by joy--impatient as the Wind
I turned to share the transport--O! with whom
But Thee, deep buried in the silent tomb,
That spot which no vicissitude can find?
Love, faithful love, recall'd thee to my mind--
But how could I forget thee? Through what power,
Even for the least division of an hour,
Have I been so beguiled as to be blind
To my most grievous loss?--That thought's return
Was the worst pang that sorrow ever bore,
Save one, one only, when I stood forlorn,
Knowing my heart's best treasure was no more;
That neither present time, nor years unborn
Could to my sight that heavenly face restore.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111010101 1111001111 1111000101 111110011 1101011111 11110111110 101010101110 1111011111 1111011101 1011110101 1111011101 1011110111 1101011111 11111100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 642 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 477 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 109 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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