This is an analysis of Valedictory Sonnet To The River Duddon by William Wordsworth.

I THOUGHT of Thee, my partner and my guide,
   As being pass'd away.--Vain sympathies!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacddcXc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101110111 1101011100 1101011111 1111101001 1101111101 1101010101 1101010101 1110110101 0100110001 10010011110 11111101010 10101010111 1111110101 1111110111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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