Analysis of Composed After A Journey Across The Hambleton Hills, Yorkshire
William Wordsworth 1770 (Wordsworth House) – 1850 (Cumberland)
DARK and more dark the shades of evening fell;
The wished-for point was reached--but at an hour
When little could be gained from that rich dower
Of prospect, whereof many thousands tell.
Yet did the glowing west with marvellous power
Salute us; there stood Indian citadel,
Temple of Greece, and minster with its tower
Substantially expressed--a place for bell
Or clock to toll from! Many a tempting isle,
With groves that never were imagined, lay
'Mid seas how steadfast! objects all for the eye
Of silent rapture; but we felt the while
We should forget them; they are of the sky,
And from our earthly memory fade away.
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Metre | 1011011101 01111111110 1101111111 110110101 1101011110 0111110010 10110101110 0100010111 11111100101 1111000101 1111101101 1101011101 1101111101 011010100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 615 |
Words | 110 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 492 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 108 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 18, 2023
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