Analysis of Memorials Of A Tour In Scotland, 1803 XII. Sonnet Composed At ---- Castle
William Wordsworth 1770 (Wordsworth House) – 1850 (Cumberland)
DEGENERATE Douglas! oh, the unworthy Lord!
Whom mere despite of heart could so far please,
And love of havoc, (for with such disease
Fame taxes him,) that he could send forth word
To level with the dust a noble horde,
A brotherhood of venerable Trees,
Leaving an ancient dome, and towers like these,
Beggared and outraged!--Many hearts deplored
The fate of those old Trees; and oft with pain
The traveller, at this day, will stop and gaze
On wrongs, which Nature scarcely seems to heed:
For sheltered places, bosoms, nooks, and bays,
And the pure mountains, and the gentle Tweed,
And the green silent pastures, yet remain.
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Metre | 010010100101 1101111111 0111011101 1101111111 1101010101 010110001 10110101011 10110101 0111110111 01001111101 1111010111 110101101 0011000101 0011010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 618 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 5 |
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) | 107 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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