Analysis of Emperors And Kings, How Oft Have Temples Rung
William Wordsworth 1770 (Wordsworth House) – 1850 (Cumberland)
EMPERORS and Kings, how oft have temples rung
With impious thanksgiving, the Almighty's scorn!
How oft above their altars have been hung
Trophies that led the good and wise to mourn
Triumphant wrong, battle of battle born,
And sorrow that to fruitless sorrow clung!
Now, from Heaven-sanctioned victory, Peace is sprung;
In this firm hour Salvation lifts her horn.
Glory to arms! But, conscious that the nerve
Of popular reason, long mistrusted, freed
Your thrones, ye Powers, from duty fear to swerve!
Be just, be grateful; nor, the oppressor's creed
Reviving, heavier chastisement deserve
Than ever forced unpitied hearts to bleed.
| Scheme | ABABBAABCDCDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10001111101 101010011 1101110111 1011010111 0101101101 0101110101 111010100111 01110010101 1011110101 11001010101 11110110111 111101011 010100101 11011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 628 |
| Words | 103 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 507 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 101 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 12, 2023
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