Analysis of On the Departure of Sir Walter Scott from Abbotsford

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



.   A trouble, not of clouds, or weeping rain,
   Nor of the setting sun's pathetic light
   Engendered, hangs o'er Eildon's triple height:
   Spirits of Power, assembled there, complain
   For kindred Power departing from their sight;
   While Tweed, best pleased in chanting a blithe strain,
   Saddens his voice again, and yet again.
   Lift up your hearts, ye Mourners! for the might
   Of the whole world's good wishes with him goes;
  Blessings and prayers in nobler retinue
  Than sceptred king or laurelled conqueror knows,
  Follow this wondrous Potentate. Be true,
  Ye winds of ocean, and the midland sea,
  Wafting your Charge to soft Parthenope!


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Poetic Form
Metre 0101111101 1101010101 0101101101 10110010101 11010010111 1111010011 1011010101 1111110101 1011110111 100101010 111111001 101101011 111100011 1011111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 654
Words 103
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 495
Words per stanza (avg) 104
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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