Analysis of "There!" Said A Stripling, Pointing With Meet Pride

William Wordsworth 1770 (Wordsworth House) – 1850 (Cumberland)



"There!" said a Stripling, pointing with meet pride
Towards a low roof with green trees half concealed,
"Is Mosgiel Farm; and that's the very field
Where Burns ploughed up the Daisy." Far and wide
A plain below stretched seaward, while, descried
Above sea-clouds, the Peaks of Arran rose;
And, by that simple notice, the repose
Of earth, sky, sea, and air, was vivified.
Beneath "the random 'bield' of clod or stone"
Myriads of daisies have shone forth in flower
Near the lark's nest, and in their natural hour
Have passed away; less happy than the One
That, by the unwilling ploughshare, died to prove
The tender charm of poetry and love.


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Poetic Form
Metre 1101010111 01011111101 111010101 1111010101 010111011 011101111 0111010001 11110111 0101011111 1110111010 101100110010 1101110101 11001010111 0101110001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 626
Words 113
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 497
Words per stanza (avg) 111
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Modified on March 05, 2023

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