Analysis of Ode to P E A C E

William Taylor Collins 1721 (Sussex) – 1759 (Sussex)



O Thou, who bad'st thy Turtles bear
Swift from his Grasp thy golden Hair.
      and sought'st thy native Skies:
When War, by Vultures drawn from far,
To Britain bent his Iron Car,
      And bad his Storms arise!

Tir'd of his rude tyrannic Sway,
Our Youth shall fix some festive Day,
      His sullen Shrines to burn:
But Thou who hear'st the turning Spheres,
What Sounds may charm thy partial Ears,
      And gain thy blest Return!

O Peace, thy injur'd Robes up-bind,
O rise, and leave not one behind
      Of all thy beamy Train:
The British Lion, Goddess sweet,
Lies stretch'd on Earth to kiss thy Feet,
      And own thy holier Reign.

Let others court thy transient Smile,
But come to grace thy western Isle,
      By warlike Honour led!
And, while around her Ports rejoice,
While all her Sons adore thy Choice,
      With Him for ever wed!


Scheme AABCCB DDEFFE GGHIIH JJKLLK
Poetic Form
Metre 111111101 11111101 0111101 11110111 11011101 011101 1011111 101111101 110111 111110101 11111101 011101 11110111 11011101 11111 01010101 11111111 0111001 11011101 11111101 1111 01010101 11010111 111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 854
Words 150
Sentences 10
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6, 6
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 154
Words per stanza (avg) 36
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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William Taylor Collins

William Collins was an English poet. Second in influence only to Thomas Gray, he was an important poet of the middle decades of the 18th century. more…

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