Analysis of Derwent Water
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
I knew her—though she used to make
Her dwelling by that lonely lake.
A little while she came to show
How lovely distant flowers can go.
The influence of that fairy scene
Made beautiful her face and mien.
I have seen faces far more fair,
But none that had such meaning there.
For to her downcast eyes were given
The azure of an April heaven;
The softening of those sunny hours,
By passing shadows, and by showers.
O’er her cheek the wandering red,
By the first wild rose was shed.
Evanescent, pure, and clear,
Just the warm heart’s atmosphere.
Like the sweet and inner world,
In that early rose-bud furled.
All whose rich revealing glow
Round the lovelier world below.
Light her step was, and her voice
Said unto the air, rejoice;
And her light laugh’s silvery breaking
Sounded like the lark’s first waking.
Return to that fair lake, return,
On whose green heathlands grows the fern;
And mountain heights of dark grey stone,
Are bright with lichens overgrown.
Thou art too fay-like and too fair
For our more common clouded air.
Beauty such as thine belongs
To a world of dreams and songs;
Let thy image with us dwell,
Lending music to farewell.
Scheme | AABBCCDDEEFF GGHHXGBBIIJJ KKLLDDMMNN |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011111 01011101 01011111 110101011 010011101 11000101 11110111 11111101 11011010 010111010 0100111010 11010110 10101001 1011111 010101 101110 1010101 0110111 1110101 101101 1011001 1100101 001110010 10101110 01111101 1111101 01011111 1111001 11111011 110110101 1011101 1011101 1110111 101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,143 |
Words | 204 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 12, 10 |
Lines Amount | 34 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 301 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 68 |
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