Analysis of Valedictory Sonnet to the River Duddon
William Wordsworth 1770 (Wordsworth House) – 1850 (Cumberland)
I THOUGHT of Thee, my partner and my guide,
As being pass'd away.--Vain sympathies!
For, backward, Duddon! as I cast my eyes,
I see what was, and is, and will abide;
Still glides the Stream, and shall for ever glide;
The Form remains, the Function never dies;
While we, the brave, the mighty, and the wise,
We Men, who in our morn of youth defied
The elements, must vanish;--be it so!
Enough, if something from our hands have power
To live, and act, and serve the future hour;
And if, as toward the silent tomb we go,
Through love, through hope, and faith's transcendent dower,
We feel that we are greater than we know.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111110011 1101011100 110111111 1111010101 1101011101 0101010101 1101010001 11101011101 0100110111 011101101110 11010101010 01101010111 1111010101 1111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 648 |
Words | 118 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 467 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 114 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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