This is an analysis of To Thomas Clarkson by William Wordsworth.

ON THE FINAL PASSING OF THE BILL FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE TRADE
MARCH 1807…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aX bXXbbccbbddbaa
  • Stanza lengths: 2,14,
  • Metre: 1010100011010100011 11 10011100101 11011100111 0111011100 1111001101 1111110101 1101010101 11011110001 1111111001 10010100101 0111110101 0111001101 1111110011 0111001111 0111110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16