Analysis of With How Sad Steps, O Moon, Thou Climb'st the Sky
William Wordsworth 1770 (Wordsworth House) – 1850 (Cumberland)
With how sad steps, O Moon, thou climb'st the sky,
"How silently, and with how wan a face!"
Where art thou? Thou so often seen on high
Running among the clouds a Wood-nymph's race!
Unhappy Nuns, whose common breath's a sigh
Which they would stifle, move at such a pace!
The northern Wind, to call thee to the chase,
Must blow to-night his bugle horn. Had I
The power of Merlin, Goddess! this should be:
And all the stars, fast as the clouds were riven,
Should sally forth, to keep thee company,
Hurrying and sparkling through the clear blue heaven.
But, Cynthia! should to thee the palm be given,
Queen both for beauty and for majesty.
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Metre | 11111111101 1100011101 1111110111 1001010111 0101110101 1111011101 0101111101 1111110111 01011010111 01011101010 1101111100 100010101110 110011101110 1111001100 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 631 |
Words | 119 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 488 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 116 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 11, 2023
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