Analysis of X. On Dover Cliffs.
William Lisle Bowles 1762 (King's Sutton) – 1850
ON these white cliffs, that calm above the flood
Rear their o'er-shadowing heads, and at their feet
Scarce hear the surge that has for ages beat,
Sure many a lonely wanderer has stood;
And, whilst the lifted murmur met his ear,
And o'er the distant billows the still Eve
Sail'd slow, has thought of all his heart must leave
To-morrow -- of the friends he lov'd most dear, --
Of social scenes, from which he wept to part: --
But if, like me, he knew how fruitless all
The thoughts, that would full fain the past recall,
Soon would he quell the risings of his heart,
And brave the wild winds and unhearing tide,
The World his country, and his God his guide.
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Metre | 1111110101 111010010111 1101111101 11001010011 0101010111 01001010011 1111111111 1101011111 1101111111 1111111101 011111011 111101111 01011011 0111001111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 663 |
Words | 125 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 503 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 123 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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