Analysis of Upon Perusing The Forgoing Epistle Thirty Years After Its Composition
William Wordsworth 1770 (Wordsworth House) – 1850 (Cumberland)
SOON did he Almighty Giver of all rest
Take those dear young Ones to a fearless nest;
And in Death's arms has long reposed the Friend
For whom this simple Register was penned.
Thanks to the moth that spared it for our eyes;
And Strangers even the slighted Scroll may prize,
Moved by the touch of kindred sympathies.
For--save the calm, repentance sheds o'er strife
Raised by remembrances of misused life,
The light from past endeavours purely willed
And by Heaven's favour happily fulfilled;
Save hope that we, yet bound to Earth, may share
The joys of the Departed--what so fair
As blameless pleasure, not without some tears,
Reviewed through Love's transparent veil of years?
Scheme | AABBCCDEEFFGGHI |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11101010111 1111110101 001111101 1111010011 11011111101 01010010111 1101110100 11010101101 1101001011 01111101 0110110001 1111111111 0110010111 1101010111 0111010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 672 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 542 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 115 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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