This is an analysis of To A Distant Friend by William Wordsworth.
Why art thou silent! Is thy love a plant
Of such weak fibre that the treacherous air…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abba abXb cdcede
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,6,
- Metre: 1111001101 01110101001 0101011111 0111011101 1111110100 1011000101 01110010100 1111110011 1101111101 0101010111 0111001101 1001011101 1011010101 11110011111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 14
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