Analysis of November, 1806
William Wordsworth 1770 (Wordsworth House) – 1850 (Cumberland)
. Another year!--another deadly blow!
Another mighty Empire overthrown!
And We are left, or shall be left, alone;
The last that dare to struggle with the Foe.
'Tis well! from this day forward we shall know
That in ourselves our safety must be sought;
That by our own right hands it must be wrought;
That we must stand unpropped, or be laid low.
O dastard whom such foretaste doth not cheer!
We shall exult, if they who rule the land
Be men who hold its many blessings dear,
Wise, upright, valiant; not a servile band,
Who are to judge of danger which they fear,
And honour which they do not understand.
Scheme | ABBAACCADEDEDE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101010101 0101010001 0111111101 0111110101 1111110111 100011010111 11101111111 111111111 111101111 1101111101 1111110101 1011010101 1111110111 01111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 634 |
Words | 113 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 467 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 113 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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