Analysis of To Sleep
William Wordsworth 1770 (Wordsworth House) – 1850 (Cumberland)
FOND words have oft been spoken to thee, Sleep!
And thou hast had thy store of tenderest names;
The very sweetest, Fancy culls or frames,
When thankfulness of heart is strong and deep!
Dear Bosom-child we call thee, that dost steep
In rich reward all suffering; Balm that tames
All anguish; Saint that evil thoughts and aims
Takest away, and into souls dost creep,
Like to a breeze from heaven. Shall I alone,
I surely not a man ungently made,
Call thee worst Tyrant by which Flesh is crost?
Perverse, self-willed to own and to disown,
Mere slave of them who never for thee prayed,
Still last to come where thou art wanted most!
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Metre | 1111110111 011111111 0101010111 11111101 1101111111 01011100111 1101110101 101001111 11011101101 11010111 1111011111 0111110101 1111110111 1111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 624 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 494 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 114 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 29, 2023
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