Analysis of O Nightingale! Thou Surely Art
William Wordsworth 1770 (Wordsworth House) – 1850 (Cumberland)
O Nightingale! thou surely art
A creature of a "fiery heart":--
These notes of thine--they pierce and pierce;
Tumultuous harmony and fierce!
Thou sing'st as if the God of wine
Had helped thee to a Valentine;
A song in mockery and despite
Of shades, and dews, and silent night;
And steady bliss, and all the loves
Now sleeping in these peaceful groves.
I heard a Stock-dove sing or say
His homely tale, this very day;
His voice was buried among trees,
Yet to be come at by the breeze:
He did not cease; but cooed--and cooed;
And somewhat pensively he wooed:
He sang of love, with quiet blending,
Slow to begin, and never ending;
Of serious faith, and inward glee;
That was the song -- the song for me!
Scheme | AABBCCDDEFGGHHAIJJKK |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 11001101 010101001 11111101 10010001 111110111 1111010 010100001 11010101 01010101 11001101 11011111 11011101 11110011 11111101 11111101 011111 111111010 110101010 110010101 11010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 690 |
Words | 132 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 536 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 129 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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