Analysis of Those Words Were Uttered As In Pensive Mood
William Wordsworth 1770 (Wordsworth House) – 1850 (Cumberland)
THOSE words were uttered as in pensive mood
We turned, departing from that solemn sight:
A contrast and reproach to gross delight,
And life's unspiritual pleasures daily wooed!
But now upon this thought I cannot brood;
It is unstable as a dream of night;
Nor will I praise a cloud, however bright,
Disparaging Man's gifts, and proper food.
Grove, isle, with every shape of sky-built dome,
Though clad in colours beautiful and pure,
Find in the heart of man no natural home:
The immortal Mind craves objects that endure:
These cleave to it; from these it cannot roam,
Nor they from it: their fellowship is secure.
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| Metre | 1101010101 1101011101 0100011101 01110101 1101111101 1101010111 111101101 0100110101 11110011111 110110001 10011111001 00101110101 1111111101 1111110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 608 |
| Words | 108 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 484 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 106 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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