To A Sexton by William Wordsworth: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem To A Sexton that begins with:

Let thy wheel-barrow alone--
Wherefore, Sexton, piling still ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdd efefggcc cgcgggaa fXfXaadd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111001 10010101 0111111 1010101 0010101 1110111 110110010 10101110 1010111 0011111 11100101 11110101 1010111 1010101 010111010 11101010 11101001 1110111 1010111 1000100 1010101 1011101 11101010 001010010 1110101 1010101 1011101 1000100 11111111 101000111 110111010 111101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 264
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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; bone, by, his, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word by is repeated.

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  • summary of To A Sexton;
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