Analysis of A Picturesque Cottage And Grounds Belonging To J. Lemon, Esq.
William Lisle Bowles 1762 (King's Sutton) – 1850
Stranger! mark this lovely scene,
When the evening sets serene,
And starting o'er the silent wood,
The last pale sunshine streaks the flood,
And the water gushing near
Soothes, with ceaseless drip, thine ear;
Then bid each passion sink to rest;
Should ev'n one wish rise in thy breast,
One tender wish, as now in mine,
That some such quiet spot were thine,
And thou, recalling seasons fled,
Couldst wake the slumbers of the dead,
And bring back her you loved, to share
With thee calm peace and comfort there;
Oh, check the thought, but inly pray
To HE, "who gives and takes away,"
That many years this fair domain
Its varied beauties may retain;
So when some wanderer, who has lost
His heart's best treasure, who has crossed
In life bleak hills and passes rude,
Should gain this lovely solitude;
Delighted he may pause a while,
And when he marks the landscape smile,
Leave with its willows, ere he part,
The blessings of a softened heart.
Scheme | AABCDEFFGGHHIIJJKKLLMMNNOO |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011101 1010101 010100101 0111101 0010101 1110111 11110111 111111011 11011101 11110101 01010101 1101101 01101111 11110101 1101111 11110101 11011101 11010101 111100111 11110111 01110101 1111010 01011101 0111011 1111111 01010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 913 |
Words | 168 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 26 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 735 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 167 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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