This is an analysis of Sonnet Xix by Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton.

But since, in all that brief Life's narrow scope,
No day pass'd by without some gentle deed,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbcdedecc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101111101 1111011101 11111011110 1101110001 11101110101 1101010101 1101010101 01010010001 0101010001 0111001101 1011010101 0011010111 11001101010 1111110101010
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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