This is an analysis of Evening On Calais Beach by William Wordsworth.

IT is a beauteous evening, calm and free,
   The holy time is quiet as a Nun…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbXaccXdebdbe
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0001010111 1101010101 1001010011 0101001000 010001011001 1001010001 1100010101 0111010000 1111110011 1101011101 1100111101 11010010101 1101010101 1100111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14