Analysis of The Forsaken

William Wordsworth 1770 (Wordsworth House) – 1850 (Cumberland)



The peace which other seek they find;
The heaviest storms not longet last;
Heaven grants even to the guiltiest mind
An amnesty for what is past;
When will my sentence be reversed?
I only pray to know the worst;
And wish as if my heart would burst.

O weary struggle! silent year
Tell seemingly no doubtful tale;
And yet they leave it short, and fear
And hopes are strong and will prevail.
My calmest faith escapes not pain;
And, feeling that the hope in vain,
I think that he will come again.


Scheme ABABCCC DEDEFFX
Poetic Form
Metre 01110111 01001111 101101011 11001111 11110101 11011101 01111111 11010101 11001101 01111101 01110101 11010111 01010101 11111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 486
Words 94
Sentences 6
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 7, 7
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 193
Words per stanza (avg) 46
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 03, 2023

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