This is an analysis of Composed On The Eve Of The Marriage Of A Friend In The Vale Of Grasmere by William Wordsworth.

WHAT need of clamorous bells, or ribands gay,
These humble nuptials to proclaim or grace?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacddcdc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 11010011101 1101000111 1001110101 1101010111 1111010101 101110100001 1001111111 0100010101 0111010101 1100000111 1101010101 1111010101 0101111101 0001010111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14