Analysis of The Stars Are Mansions Built By Nature's Hand

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



The stars are mansions built by Nature's hand,
And, haply, there the spirits of the blest
Dwell, clothed in radiance, their immortal vest;
Huge Ocean shows, within his yellow strand,
A habitation marvellously planned,
For life to occupy in love and rest;
All that we see--is dome, or vault, or nest,
Or fortress, reared at Nature's sage command.
Glad thought for every season! but the Spring
Gave it while cares were weighing on my heart,
'Mid song of birds, and insects murmuring;
And while the youthful year's prolific art--
Of bud, leaf, blade, and flower--was fashioning
Abodes where self-disturbance hath no part.


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Poetic Form
Metre 0111011101 011010101 11010010101 1101011101 001011 111100101 1111111111 1101110101 11110010101 1111010111 111101100 0101010101 11110101100 111010111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 613
Words 104
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 483
Words per stanza (avg) 102
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 02, 2023

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