This is an analysis of Stray Pleasures by William Wordsworth.

BY their floating mill,
That lies dead and still,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabcaX ddeaXe ccebbe aacccX bbfggf hhedXe
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 11101 11111 0111001 010011101001 01101111101 1110100 001101 011101 011111101 001101111001 10100101110010 110011111 01001 1010010 001101001 0011010010101 1111111011 111101101 11101 101101 111001111 0111011011 10111011011 1111011110 11111 11011 11001101 011001101011 101101010001 111001011 0100001 101111 001111101001 1111001001 1111110110010 111011011
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 36

Repeated words/phrases

to, their, of, they, his

Anaphora

the, to, each