This is an analysis of West London by Matthew Arnold.

Crouch'd on the pavement close by Belgrave Square
A tramp I saw, ill, moody, and tongue-tied;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaXbaccdXdc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101011111 0111110111 0110011101 0111011101 11001111111 1100110111 0111111101 0111110101 11010101010 10110100101 0100010101 1101110110 00110000101 1110010111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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Anaphora

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