Analysis of Written With a Pencil Upon a Stone In The Wall of The House, On The Island at Grasmere
William Wordsworth 1770 (Wordsworth House) – 1850 (Cumberland)
Rude is this Edifice, and Thou hast seen
Buildings, albeit rude, that have maintained
Proportions more harmonious, and approached
To closer fellowship with ideal grace.
But take it in good part:--alas! the poor
Vitruvius of our village had no help
From the great City; never, upon leaves
Of red Morocco folio, saw displayed,
In long succession, pre-existing ghosts
Of Beauties yet unborn--the rustic Lodge
Antique, and Cottage with verandah graced,
Nor lacking, for fit company, alcove,
Green-house, shell-grot, and moss-lined hermitage.
Thou see'st a homely Pile, yet to these walls
The heifer comes in the snow-storm, and here
The new-dropped lamb finds shelter from the wind.
And hither does one Poet sometimes row
His pinnace, a small vagrant barge, up-piled
With plenteous store of heath and withered fern,
(A lading which he with his sickle cuts,
Among the mountains) and beneath this roof
He makes his summer couch, and here at noon
Spreads out his limbs, while, yet unshorn, the Sheep,
Panting beneath the burthen of their wool,
Lie round him, even as if they were a part
Of his own Household: nor, while from his bed
He looks, through the open door-place, toward the lake
And to the stirring breezes, does he want
Creations lovely as the work of sleep--
Fair sights, and visions of romantic joy!
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1111000111 1001011101 01010100001 110101011 1110110101 010011010111 1011010011 110101101 0101010101 1101110101 01010111 110111001 1111011100 11101011111 0101001101 0111110101 0101110011 110110111 111110101 0101111101 0101000111 1111010111 111111101 100101111 11110111001 111111111 111010110101 0101010111 0101010111 1101010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,312 |
Words | 221 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 30 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 1,029 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 218 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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