Analysis of Lines Written In Windsor Park
Charles Churchill 1731 (Westminster) – 1764 (Boulogne-sur-Mer)
These verses appeared with Churchill's name to them in the London
Magazine for , and there is no reason to doubt their being
genuine.
When Pope to Satire gave its lawful way,
And made the Nimrods of Mankind his prey;
When haughty Windsor heard through every wood
Their shame, who durst be great, yet not be good;
Who, drunk with power, and with ambition blind,
Slaves to themselves, and monsters to mankind,
Sinking the man, to magnify the prince,
Were heretofore, what Stuarts have been since:
Could he have look'd into the womb of Time,
How might his spirit in prophetic rhyme,
Inspired by virtue, and for freedom bold,
Matters of different import have foretold!
How might his Muse, if any Muse's tongue
Could equal such an argument, have sung
One William, who makes all mankind his care,
And shines the saviour of his country there!
One William, who to every heart gives law;
The son of George, the image of Nassau!
Scheme | AXA BBCCDDEEFFGGHHIIJJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110011101110010 10101111011110 100 1111011101 010111111 11010111001 1111111111 11110010101 1101010111 100111001 001110111 1111010111 1111000101 01011001101 10110001101 111111011 1101110011 1101111111 010111101 11011100111 0111010110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 907 |
Words | 163 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 18 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 362 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 81 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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