Analysis of Remembrance of Collins
William Wordsworth 1770 (Wordsworth House) – 1850 (Cumberland)
Composed upon the Thames near Richmond
Glide gently, thus for ever glide,
O Thames! that other bards may see
As lovely visions by thy side
As now, fair river! come to me.
O glide, fair stream! for ever so,
Thy quiet soul on all bestowing,
Till all our minds for ever flow
As thy deep waters now are flowing.
Vain thought!--Yet be as now thou art,
That in thy waters may be seen
The image of a poet's heart,
How bright, how solemn, how serene!
Such as did once the Poet bless,
Who murmuring here a later ditty,
Could find no refuge from distress
But in the milder grief of pity.
Now let us, as we float along,
For 'him' suspend the dashing oar;
And pray that never child of song
May know that Poet's sorrows more.
How calm! how still! the only sound,
The dripping of the oar suspended!
--The evening darkness gathers round
By virtue's holiest Powers attended.
Scheme | X ABABCDCD EFEFGBGB HIHIJKJK |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 010101110 11011101 11110111 11010111 11110111 11111101 110111010 111011101 111101110 11111111 10110111 01010101 11110101 11110101 1100101010 11110101 100101110 11111101 11010101 01110111 11110101 11110101 010101010 01010101 1110010010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 866 |
Words | 163 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 165 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 09, 2023
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