This is an analysis of Minstrels by William Wordsworth.

The minstrels played their Christmas tune
To-night beneath my cottage-eaves;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababaa bbbbcc cdcdee
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,
  • Metre: 01011101 01011101 11010101 0010010101 110111001 1101011001 111101001 11010101 11011111 11010001 11110001 110101001 11110111 010100111 010100101 01001111 10010101 11010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 20