This is an analysis of Fountain, The: A Conversation by William Wordsworth.

We talked with open heart, and tongue
Affectionate and true,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef ghgX hihi gggg icic ghgh ihih gjgj kiki glgl fmfm fhfX gggg hXhX hdhdXcgcg
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 11010111 010011 01011111 1101001 11010101 010101 10010101 110111 10100111011 010101 01110111 110101 100011101 110101 11110101 11110100 01010111 0010101 11011101 011101 101110101 110001 11010100 111101 101100101 110111 110100111 010101 101110101 110101 10110011 101111 101010101 110101 11111101 110101 11001101 010101 11110111 110110 101010111 010111 01011111 010011 101111101 110111 11010101 110101 101011101 010101 01111001 000101 101111111 111001 11011111 11011000 101011111 011101 11111101 011101 101011101 1001010 10111111 10011010 11100101 110101 00111011 110111 11110101 111101 01010111 100101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 18
  • Lines: 72

Repeated words/phrases

and, my, we

Anaphora

and, my, the, a, we