Analysis of Look Now On That Adventurer Who Hath Paid
William Wordsworth 1770 (Wordsworth House) – 1850 (Cumberland)
LOOK now on that Adventurer who hath paid
His vows to Fortune; who, in cruel slight
Of virtuous hope, of liberty, and right,
Hath followed wheresoe'er a way was made
By the blind Goddess,--ruthless, undismayed;
And so hath gained at length a prosperous height,
Round which the elements of worldly might
Beneath his haughty feet, like clouds, are laid.
O joyless power that stands by lawless force!
Curses are 'his' dire portion, scorn, and hate,
Internal darkness and unquiet breath;
And, if old judgments keep their sacred course,
Him from that height shall Heaven precipitate
By violent and ignominious death.
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Metre | 11110100111 1111010101 11001110001 11010111 10110101 01111101001 1101001101 0111011111 1110111101 1011110101 01010011 0111011101 1111110010 1100001001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 607 |
Words | 103 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 487 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 100 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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