This is an analysis of Upon Westminster Bridge by William Wordsworth.

EARTH has not anything to show more fair:
   Dull would he be of soul who could pass by…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXaabbacdcdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111010111 1110011111 1111000100 0101110101 0100010101 11011001101 1010011001 11110000101 100111001 1011010111 1111010111 1101010110 1101010101 1111010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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