This is an analysis of It Was An April Morning: Fresh And Clear by William Wordsworth.

It was an April morning: fresh and clear
The Rivulet, delighting in its strength,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcdeXffefedagcghXijhaicjXXbaaXeXciedhXjdahcfci
  • Stanza lengths: 47,
  • Metre: 0111010111 0100010001 1001111101 0101010101 1101000101 01000101010 1111001101 11001010101 0101110011 01011011001 0101001101 0111011101 11010010001 11001011101 1101100100 0101100101 0100010101 1100010011 0101110101 1110010101 00010011101 0111000101 1111001111 1111110101 0101011101 0101010101 1001011101 1111011011 11110001001 1111001101 1101000101 0101010111 0101000101 1101010011 1101110101 0101010101 1111101111 1111111011 1101010101 1001011101 1101110101 1001011111 0110101101 1101011101 0101111011 1111010011 1101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 47

Repeated words/phrases

and, to, i

Anaphora

the