This is an analysis of Quiet Work by Matthew Arnold.

One lesson, Nature, let me learn of thee,
One lesson which in every wind is blown,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xaab bccb deaXdea
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,7,
  • Metre: 1101011101 11010100101 1100110111 1011011100 01100000100 0101010111 11001010001 1111111100 1111010101 11011100001 1111010011 11001010010 1101011111 10011111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

one, lesson

Anaphora

one, of