Analysis of A Parsonage In Oxfordshire
William Wordsworth 1770 (Wordsworth House) – 1850 (Cumberland)
Where holy ground begins, unhallowed ends,
Is marked by no distinguishable line;
The turf unites, the pathways intertwine;
And, wheresoe'er the stealing footstep tends,
Garden, and that domain where kindred, friends,
And neighbours rest together, here confound
Their several features, mingled like the sound
Of many waters, or as evening blends
With shady night. Soft airs, from shrub and flower,
Waft fragrant greetings to each silent grave;
And while those lofty poplars gently wave
Their tops, between them comes and goes a sky
Bright as the glimpses of eternity,
To saints accorded in their mortal hour.
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Metre | 11010111 1111010001 010101001 0101011 1001011101 011010101 1101010101 1101011101 11011111010 1101011101 011101101 1101110101 1101010100 11010011010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 603 |
Words | 98 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 491 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 96 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 16, 2023
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