Analysis of Solitude at an Inn



Oft upon the twilight plain,
Circled with thy shadowy train,
While the dove at distance coo'd,
Have I met thee, Solitude!
Then was loneliness to me
Best and true society,
But ah! how alter'd is thy mien
In this sad deserted scene!
Here all thy classic pleasures cease,
Musing mild, and thoughtful peace;
Here thou com'st in sullen mood,
Not with thy fantastic brood
Of magic shapes and visions airy
Beckon'd from the land of Fairy:
'Mid the melancholy void
Not a pensive charm enjoy'd!
No poetic being here
Strikes with airy sounds mine ear;
No converse here to fancy cold
With many a fleeting form I hold,
Here all inelegant and rude
Thy presence is, sweet Solitude.


Scheme AABBCBDDEEBBCCBBFFBBBB
Poetic Form
Metre 101011 10111001 1011101 111110 1110011 1010100 11110111 0110101 11110101 1010101 11110101 1110101 110101010 10101110 101001 1010101 1010101 1110111 11011101 110010111 11101 1101110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 675
Words 120
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 22
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 526
Words per stanza (avg) 118
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 25, 2023

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