Analysis of To Mary
William Wordsworth 1770 (Wordsworth House) – 1850 (Cumberland)
Let other bards of angels sing,
Bright suns without a spot;
But thou art no such perfect thing:
Rejoice that thou art not!
Heed not tho' none should call thee fair;
So, Mary, let it be
If nought in loveliness compare
With what thou art to me.
True beauty dwells in deep retreats,
Whose veil is unremoved
Till heart with heart in concord beats,
And the lover is beloved.
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD EBEX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11011101 110101 11111011 011111 11111111 110111 110101 111111 11010101 1111 1111011 0010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 377 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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