Analysis of England iii
William Wordsworth 1770 (Wordsworth House) – 1850 (Cumberland)
GREAT men have been among us; hands that penn'd
And tongues that utter'd wisdom--better none:
The later Sidney, Marvel, Harrington,
Young Vane, and others who call'd Milton friend.
These moralists could act and comprehend:
They knew how genuine glory was put on;
Taught us how rightfully a nation shone
In splendour: what strength was, that would not bend
But in magnanimous meekness. France, 'tis strange,
Hath brought forth no such souls as we had then.
Perpetual emptiness! unceasing change!
No single volume paramount, no code,
No master spirit, no determined road;
But equally a want of books and men!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111011111 0111010101 0101010100 1101011101 110011001 11110010111 1111000101 011111111 1001001111 1111111111 01001000101 110101011 1101010101 1100011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 638 |
Words | 101 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 480 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 99 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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