This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xlviii. To Mrs. **** that begins with:
NO more my wearied soul attempts to stray
From sad reality and vain regret,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababacacdeXedd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Metre: 1111010101 0101001101 1101010001 1011010001 1001001101 01010111010 1001010101 01010001010 10110100101 11010010111 11011010110 11110111011 0101010001 110101100101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 581
- Average number of words per stanza: 102
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
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More information about poems by Charlotte Smith
- Analysis of Verses I
- Analysis of Sonnet Xlv. On Leaving A Part Of Sussex
- Analysis of Sonnet Xxv. By The Same.