This is an analysis of The Sun Has Long Been Set by William Wordsworth.

The sun has long been set,
The stars are out by twos and threes,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababbbbccXXddXb
  • Stanza lengths: 15,
  • Metre: 011101 01111111 01011101 01010101 1011111110 10111110 101010110 1010101 11010001 111100 01011000 110101 01100111 11110010 1101100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 15

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

the, and