This is an analysis of I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud (Daffodils) by William Wordsworth.

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababbb cdcdee dddXffXdadabb
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,13,
  • Metre: 11010101 111110111 11111101 01010101 01010101 100110001 010010111 11010101 11010101 01010001 11011101 10110101 01010111 100100101 01011101 01010100 11111101 11010111 11111111 01010101 11011101 10010101 11110101 11000101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 24

Anaphora

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