This is an analysis of With How Sad Steps, O Moon, Thou Climb'st The Sky by William Wordsworth.

With how sad steps, O Moon, thou climb'st the sky,
"How silently, and with how wan a face!"…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXababbaacdccd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0111111101 1010010110100 1111110111 1001010111 0101110101 1111011101 0101011001 1101010111 01001010010 11011101010 1101011100 1001100101110 110010101010 1111011100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

how, thou, to