This is an analysis of Lucy I by William Wordsworth.

STRANGE fits of passion have I known:
   And I will dare to tell,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca cccc dbdb dada eded fffX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11010111 110101 10010101 110101 111111001 110101 10010111 101101 01011111 110011 010011111 111101 11110101 111101 01010101 111101 01011111 1101001 11011111 100101 11111101 111101 11010101 110111 11110101 000101 11001111 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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