Analysis of Who Fancied What A Pretty Sight
William Wordsworth 1770 (Wordsworth House) – 1850 (Cumberland)
WHO fancied what a pretty sight
This Rock would be if edged around
With living snow-drops? circlet bright!
How glorious to this orchard-ground!
Who loved the little Rock, and set
Upon its head this coronet?
Was it the humour of a child?
Or rather of some gentle maid,
Whose brows, the day that she was styled
The shepherd-queen, were thus arrayed?
Of man mature, or matron sage?
Or old man toying with his age!
I asked--'twas whispered; The device
To each and all might well belong:
It is the Spirit of Paradise
That prompts such work, a Spirit strong,
That gives to all the self-same bent
Where life is wise and innocent.
| Scheme | ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010101 11111101 1101111 110011101 11010101 01111101 1101101 11011101 11011111 01010101 11011101 11110111 11110001 11011101 11010110 11110101 11110111 11110100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 614 |
| Words | 114 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 162 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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