This is an analysis of the poem Wordsworth that begins with:

WRITTEN ON A BLANK LEAF OF HIS MEMOIRS.
Dear friends, who read the world aright,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XbXb cbab Xcbc caXa bdcd Xeae cfcf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1010110011 11110110 10010101 01010100 010101 10010111 010101111 00100101 110111 01001001 11111110 10110101 011101 11001111 11011101 01110001 010101 01010101 01110101 11110111 010111 01110101 01010111 111100101 110101 11110101 11010111 11110101 011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as, and, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words as, the are repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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