This is an analysis of Personal Talk by William Wordsworth.

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I AM not One who much or oft delight…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a bccbbccbXdedeX X affgaXfahbhbhb X ijjiijjikekkke XXabbaabbghhhhhh
  • Stanza lengths: 1,14,1,14,1,14,16,
  • Metre: 1 1111111101 010110101001 0111011101 1101010011 1111010101 11010100101 1111011101 1011111111 1011101101 11010101010 0101010111 00110011010 1100010001 11010001100 1 110111111111 1001010101 1101010111 0101000100 1111011111 11010101010 10001110111 1101110111 10111100111 1101010111 1110010100 1111110111 1101010011 1001010111 1 1111111111 1111010011 1101110111 1001010001 1111011111 1001011110 1101011111 1111110001 11110010101 1001110011 0111000101 1101110001 0101010001 11001000111 1 1111011101 1111111101 0101010101 1011010111 1111010111 1101101101 1101011101 1001010100 1000010101 1111011101 0101111111 01110111001 1111010011 1101111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 60

Repeated words/phrases

and, we

Anaphora

i, and

Anadiplosis

i, long