This is an analysis of A Fact, And An Imagination, Or, Canute And Alfred, On The Seashore by William Wordsworth.

THE Danish Conqueror, on his royal chair,
Mustering a face of haughty sovereignty,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcaaccadecdeXdddbdddbdffdggdghhgghhgiiiiiX
  • Stanza lengths: 43,
  • Metre: 01010010101 10001010100 0101010111 0101000111 0011110111 1101011101 0111010001 1111010101 11010000101 10010100101 0101010101 1100011101 0101010101 1101011111010 011001001 10011001 1111010111 11010100 1101110001 0111010101 0101010001 10010100 010011 11110101 11010101 010101110 01010001 111100101 01101101010 11010010101 1111000101 0111010100 0101011101 1001011111 1101010111 10110101111 0101010110 1001111101 1101010010 01001111101 0101111101 1000010101 011101110100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 43

Repeated words/phrases

and

Anaphora

and, such, of