Analysis of Written In Zimmermanns Solitude.
Matilda Betham 1776 (Stradbroke, Suffolk) – 1852 (London)
HAIL, melancholy sage! whose thoughtful eye,
Shrunk from the mere spectator's careless gaze,
And, in retirement sought the social smile,
The heart-endearing aspect, and the voice
Of soothing tenderness, which Friendship breathes,
And which sounds far more grateful to the ear,
Than the soft notes of distant flute at eve,
Stealing across the waters: Zimmermann!
Thou draw'st not Solitude as others do,
With folded arms, with pensive, nun-like air,
And tearful eye, averted from mankind.
No! warm, benign, and cheerful, she appears
The friend of Health, of Piety, and Peace;
The kind Samaritan that heals our woes,
The nurse of Science, and, of future fame
The gentle harbinger: her meek abode
Is that dear home, which still the virtuous heart,
E'en in the witching maze of Pleasure's dance,
In wild Ambition's dream, regards with love,
And hopes, with fond security, to pass
The evening of a long-protracted day,
Serenely joyful, there.
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Metre | 110011101 11011101 00010010101 010101001 1101001101 0111110101 1011110111 1001010100 1111101101 1101110111 0101010111 1101010101 0111110001 01010011101 0111001101 0101000101 11111101001 1100101111 01110111 0111010011 0101010101 0100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 923 |
Words | 153 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 12 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 369 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 76 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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