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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