Analysis of Adieu, Rydalian Laurels! That Have Grown

William Wordsworth 1770 (Wordsworth House) – 1850 (Cumberland)



Adieu, Rydalian Laurels! that have grown
And spread as if ye knew that days might come
When ye would shelter in a happy home,
On this fair Mount, a Poet of your own,
One who ne'er ventured for a Delphic crown
To sue the God; but, haunting your green shade
All seasons through, is humbly pleased to braid
Ground-flowers, beneath your guardianship, self-sown.
Farewell! no Minstrels now with harp new-strung
For summer wandering quit their household bowers;
Yet not for this wants Poesy a tongue
To cheer the Itinerant on whom she pours
Her spirit, while he crosses lonely moors,
Or musing sits forsaken halls among.


Scheme ABCADEEAFGFHIF
Poetic Form
Metre 01110111 0111111111 1111000101 1111010111 1111010101 1101110111 1101110111 110011100011 111011111 11010011110 11111101 11001001111 0101110101 1101010101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 601
Words 106
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 489
Words per stanza (avg) 106
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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