This is an analysis of Goody Blake And Harry Gill by William Wordsworth.

Oh! what's the matter? what's the matter?
What is't that ails young Harry Gill?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd eBfBdBdB aeaeghgh ijijdjdj XdXdkeke acachchc ajajclcl icichbhb hchcmcmc fhfhcbcb ababjcjc ajaXhbhb XkiXhehe nbnbjeje ahaheded lhlXeBeb
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 110101010 11111101 110101110 1010101 01010111 0111101 11010101 11010101 010101001 11010101 010111110 01110101 11110111 11010101 01010101 01110101 110101010 11110111 010111010 01110101 11011111 11111101 11011101 11110111 111100110 11011111 011101010 01111101 01010101 10110111 10110111 11011101 1011001110 11111111 010101110 11110101 11011101 01110101 11010101 11110101 110111010 11101111 111101110 10111101 01010111 11011111 11010101 11111101 1110100010 01111101 1101001010 110010101 11011111 110011101 01011111 01010111 110111010 11011101 110101010 11110101 11110101 10110111 110101101 01010101 110111010 01101101 111110010 11101101 110011011 10010111 11110111 11011101 110101010 11010101 011111010 11010101 11011101 01111101 11011101 11010101 111111100 11010101 110101010 11110101 10011101 01110101 11010001 11011101 110101110 11011101 110101110 1110111110 11011101 01000111 11010111 01100101 110101100 11010101 1011101010 1111010101 01110101 11010101 11011111 11011101 110101010 11111101 011101110 01111101 11110101 11010101 01011111 11010111 110101010 11000111 110111110 101100001 11010101 11111111 11111111 11000101 110101110 01110111 110001110 1010101010 01111111 01110101 11110111 01011101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 16
  • Lines: 128

Repeated words/phrases

chatter, at, and, her, he, by, arm, cold, to

Anaphora

his, and

Anadiplosis

chatter