Analysis of Though Narrow Be That Old Man’s Cares .

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



THOUGH narrow be that old Man's cares, and near,
The poor old Man is greater than he seems:
For he hath waking empire, wide as dreams;
An ample sovereignty of eye and ear.
Rich are his walks with supernatural cheer;
The region of his inner spirit teems
With vital sounds and monitory gleams
Of high astonishment and pleasing fear.
He the seven birds hath seen, that never part,
Seen the SEVEN WHISTLERS in their nightly rounds,
And counted them: and oftentimes will start--
For overhead are sweeping GABRIEL'S HOUNDS
Doomed, with their impious Lord, the flying Hart
To chase for ever, on aerial grounds!


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Poetic Form
Metre 1101111101 0111110111 11110100111 1101001101 1111101001 0101110101 1101011 1101000101 10101111101 10101001101 010101011 11011101001 11101010101 1111011001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 599
Words 106
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 480
Words per stanza (avg) 104
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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