This is an analysis of The Table Turned by William Wordsworth.

Up! up! my Friend, and quit your books;
Or surely you'll grow double:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef ghgh iaiX cjcj gfgfXfgfg
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 11111111 1101110 11111111 1101110 01010101 01001010 11011111 0111010 11011101 1101110 11010111 1101000 1111011 1101110 11000101 1100110 11010101 111101 010010111 111100 10100101 111101 01010100 110101 10011101 1100101 11010101 110001 01010101 111101 11110101 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

up, and, of