This is an analysis of Composed By The Side Of Grasmere Lake 1806 by William Wordsworth.

CLOUDS, lingering yet, extend in solid bars
Through the grey west; and lo! these waters, steeled…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbaabbacacaaX
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 11001010101 10111111010 11001010101 0101010001 1101010101 0101010001 1101001101 1101010101 0001010101 100010010111 01110110101 11011100101 1101100101 10011000010
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14