This is an analysis of Upon The Sight Of A Beautiful Picture Painted By Sir G. H. Beaumont, Bart by William Wordsworth.

PRAISED be the Art whose subtle power could stay
Yon cloud, and fix it in that glorious shape;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaccadefdfe
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 10011101011 11110011001 1101011001 1111000101 11110100111 1101010101 1101010101 11010001001 11011101010 11011100100 1001010101 11010101110 0111010101 001001010100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Anaphora

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