This is an analysis of By Moscow Self-Devoted To A Blaze by William Wordsworth.

By Moscow self-devoted to a blaze
Of dreadful sacrifice, by Russian blood…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXXaabbaXcXccX
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111010001 0101011101 10010100100 00101001111 0111010011 1110110101 00010010111 1101110101 0100110011 0101110111 10010010110 1111010011 0101010111 10011100100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14