This is an analysis of September 1815 by William Wordsworth.

WHILE not a leaf seems faded; while the fields,
With ripening harvest prodigally fair,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabXXcddece
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101110101 01001010001 0101110101 1011011101 0101000011 01011101001 1100010110 01010011101 1111010101 0101010101 1111111011 0101010001 11110010101 1101110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14