This is an analysis of Memorials Of A Tour In Scotland, 1803 Xii. Sonnet Composed At ---- Castle by William Wordsworth.

DEGENERATE Douglas! oh, the unworthy Lord!
Whom mere despite of heart could so far please,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacbabac
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 010010100101 1101011111 1101010101 1101111111 0100010101 0101010001 10110111011 10011110101 0101111101 01001010111 1111010101 1101010111 1011010101 1011010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

the, and