This is an analysis of Solitude by Archibald Lampman.

How still it is here in the woods. The trees
Stand motionless, as if they did not dare…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaacca XcbXcX
  • Stanza lengths: 8,6,
  • Metre: 1100100101 1100101011 0110110101 11011000101 1001011111 100110000101 1101000101 01010011100 0101110110 100100011 0011010111 0101101111 11010100101 01110101000
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 14