This is an analysis of A Farewell by William Wordsworth.

FAREWELL, thou little Nook of mountain-ground,
Thou rocky corner in the lowest stair…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababbaba bcbccbcb dedeeded babaabab acaccaca fgfgXfgf heXeeheh ijijjXji
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 1111010101 1101000101 01010010111 1101110011 1101010001 01001111101 11111010101 1101011101 1101010101 1101011111 01001111101 0101100101 1111110111 1101011101 0111111101 1110111111 11110001111 1111011101 1111010101 0111010101 1101001101 1101110111 1001000111 1101011101 1111011001 110101001001 1101010011 0101110101 110101110 0100100101 0101010101 110111111 1111110101 1011011101 01010101011 1111001111 1011010011 1111110101 1010110001 1101111101 1111011101 1111011111 0011110111 1101011111 1111011101 1101010111 01110110101 1100011011 1101010011 101010101011 1001000100 1011011001 1101100111 1011010101 1001110101 0111111011 1101010101 101100010010 1011010101 110100001010 11110011010 1101110100 1101001001 0011010111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 64

Repeated words/phrases

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