Analysis of Young England--What Is Then Become Of Old
William Wordsworth 1770 (Wordsworth House) – 1850 (Cumberland)
YOUNG ENGLAND--what is then become of Old
Of dear Old England? Think they she is dead,
Dead to the very name? Presumption fed
On empty air! That name will keep its hold
In the true filial bosom's inmost fold
For ever.--The Spirit of Alfred, at the head
Of all who for her rights watched, toiled and bled,
Knows that this prophecy is not too bold.
What--how! shall she submit in will and deed
To Beardless Boys--an imitative race,
The 'servum pecus' of a Gallic breed?
Dear Mother! if thou 'must' thy steps retrace,
Go where at least meek Innocency dwells;
Let Babes and Sucklings be thy oracles.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101110111 1111011111 1101010101 1101111111 001100111 110010110101 1111011101 1111001111 1111010101 11111001 01110101 1101111101 1111111 110111100 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 591 |
Words | 110 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 460 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 107 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 06, 2023
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