Analysis of Hail, Zaragoza! If With Unwet eye
William Wordsworth 1770 (Wordsworth House) – 1850 (Cumberland)
HAIL, Zaragoza! If with unwet eye
We can approach, thy sorrow to behold,
Yet is the heart not pitiless nor cold;
Such spectacle demands not tear or sigh.
These desolate remains are trophies high
Of more than martial courage in the breast
Of peaceful civic virtue: they attest
Thy matchless worth to all posterity.
Blood flowed before thy sight without remorse;
Disease consumed thy vitals; War upheaved
The ground beneath thee with volcanic force:
Dread trials! yet encountered and sustained
Till not a wreck of help or hope remained,
And law was from necessity received.
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Metre | 100101111 1101110101 1101110011 1100011111 1100011101 1111010001 1101010101 111110100 1101110101 01011111 0101110101 1101010001 1101111101 0111010001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 567 |
Words | 97 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 463 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 95 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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