This is an analysis of Water-Fowl Observed Frequently Over The Lakes Of Rydal And Grasmere by William Wordsworth.

MARK how the feathered tenants of the flood,
With grace of motion that might scarcely seem…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXbcXdabXdaedebaebcbeadad
  • Stanza lengths: 27,
  • Metre: 1101010001 0101011101 01000100001 11001110011 1010010111 1101000101 0101010101 1101110101 1101010111 1100010001 1001110011 1011011100 11000101101 1101000111 1111110011 1101010001 0101011111 1111111101 1001011101 1101010111 1101010101 0100110101 11110101001 1011111101 1101110101 1001010101 1011110111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 27

Repeated words/phrases

and, faint, fair

Anaphora

they