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.
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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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