Analysis of Lines Written in Windsor Forest
Alexander Pope 1688 (London) – 1744 (Twickenham)
All hail, once pleasing, once inspiring shade!
Scene of my youthful loves and happier hours!
Where the kind Muses met me as I stray'd,
And gently press'd my hand, and said 'Be ours!-
Take all thou e'er shalt have, a constant Muse:
At Court thou may'st be liked, but nothing gain:
Stock thou may'st buy and sell, but always lose,
And love the brightest eyes, but love in vain.'
| Scheme | ABABCDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme |
| Metre | 1111010101 111101010010 1011011111 01011101110 11110110101 11111111101 1111101111 0101011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 377 |
| Words | 73 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 285 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 69 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 24, 2023
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