This is an analysis of Yew-Trees by William Wordsworth.

There is a Yew-tree, pride of Lorton Vale,
Which to this day stands single, in the midst…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbacXXdXcaaXXXeXfdXdXafXeaXebdb
  • Stanza lengths: 33,
  • Metre: 1001110101 1001110001 0011010101 1101010101 0100110111 0101111101 1111011100 01110010110 010101101 0101010101 0111010001 0111110100 00011100101 1101010100 1011010101 11111100101 0100010101 110110000100 1101010011 1100010101 0111010111 1100010101 01000011101 0110110101 0100010101 11110111001 1011110100 1101110101 100100101010 0101010101 0101010101 0111000101 10001000101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 33

Repeated words/phrases

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