Analysis of Lines On The Expected Invasion, 1803
William Wordsworth 1770 (Wordsworth House) – 1850 (Cumberland)
COME ye--who, if (which Heaven avert!) the Land
Were with herself at strife, would take your stand,
Like gallant Falkland, by the Monarch's side,
And, like Montrose, make Loyalty your pride--
Come ye--who, not less zealous, might display
Banners at enmity with regal sway,
And, like the Pyms and Miltons of that day,
Think that a State would live in sounder health
If Kingship bowed its head to Commonwealth--
Ye too--whom no discreditable fear
Would keep, perhaps with many a fruitless tear,
Uncertain what to choose and how to steer--
And ye--who might mistake for sober sense
And wise reserve the plea of indolence--
Come ye--whate'er your creed--O waken all,
Whate'er your temper, at your Country's call;
Resolving (this a free-born Nation can)
To have one Soul, and perish to a man,
Or save this honoured Land from every Lord
But British reason and the British sword.
Scheme | AABBCCCDDEFEGGHHIIJJ |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11111100101 0101111111 110101011 011110011 1111110101 1011001101 010101111 1101110101 110111110 111111 11011100101 0101110111 0111011101 01010111 1110111101 1011011101 0101011101 1111010101 1111111001 1101000101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 862 |
Words | 150 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 676 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 147 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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