Analysis of Lucy ii
William Wordsworth 1770 (Wordsworth House) – 1850 (Cumberland)
SHE dwelt among the untrodden ways
Beside the springs of Dove,
A Maid whom there were none to praise
And very few to love:
A violet by a mossy stone
Half hidden from the eye!
Fair as a star, when only one
Is shining in the sky.
She lived unknown, and few could know
When Lucy ceased to be;
But she is in her grave, and oh,
The difference to me!
Scheme | ABAB XCXC DEDE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1101011 010111 01110111 010111 01001011 110101 11011101 110001 11010111 110111 11100101 010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 370 |
Words | 73 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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