The Longest Day by William Wordsworth: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Longest Day that begins with:

Let us quit the leafy arbor,
And the torrent murmuring by; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef Xbdb gggg hihi gdgX cbcb heXe hhhh hjhj abaX ahXh cfcf ecXX dbdb Xhah khkhXafaf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101010 10101001 10100010 1000101 10110010 1010101 11111010 0010001 11111010 1010101 10111010 0010001 10111110 1011111 11111010 1010001 11101010 1010101 11101010 1010111 11001010 1110011 00101010 10101001 11101010 1011001 11101010 111001010 10111110 0010011 10001010 1010101 11100010 0010001 101001000 0010101 11101110 110111011 10101010 1111111 01101010 1110111 11111110 1010011 110111010 1110101 10111110 1100100 10101010 1111101 10111100 1010111 10101010 10111001 11100110 1010101 11101110 01010101 101011000 0111000 10111010 1110011 01101010 10100001 10101100 0111101 10101110 1110111 10011110 1010001 11101010 10101001 10111010 1010101 10101010 10100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 76
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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