Analysis of Tell's Birth-Place. Imitated From Stolberg
Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772 (Ottery St Mary) – 1834 (Highgate)
I.
Mark this holy chapel well!
The birth-place, this, of William Tell.
Here, where stands God's altar dread,
Stood his parent's marriage-bed.
II.
Here, first, an infant to her breast,
Him his loving mother prest;
And kissed the babe, and blessed the day,
And prayed as mothers used to pray.
III.
'Vouchsafe him health, O God! and give
The child thy servant still to live!'
But God had destined to do more
Through him than through an armed power.
IV.
God gave him reverence of laws,
Yet stirring blood in Freedom's cause--
A spirit to his rocks akin,
The eye of the hawk and the fire therein!
V.
To Nature and to Holy Writ
Alone did God the boy commit:
Where flashed and roared the torrent, oft
His soul found wings, and soared aloft!
VI.
The straining oar and chamois chase
Had formed his limbs to strength and grace:
On wave and wind the boy would toss,
Was great, nor knew how great he was!
VII.
He knew not that his chosen hand,
Made strong by God, his native land
Would rescue from the shameful yoke
Of Slavery -- the which he broke!
Scheme | ABBCC ADDEE AFXXX FXGHH XIIJJ AKKXG FLLMM |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1 1110101 01111101 1111101 1110101 1 11110101 1110101 01010101 01110111 1 1111101 01110111 11110111 11111110 1 11110011 11010101 01011101 01101001001 1 11001101 01110101 11010101 11110101 1 0101011 11111101 11010111 11111111 1 11111101 11111101 11010101 11000111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,011 |
Words | 196 |
Sentences | 19 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 35 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 114 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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