This is an analysis of Consolation by Charles Harpur.

MINE heart is heavy with an ancient sorrow,
My brain is aching with a clinging grief,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababbXabcdcddc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 11010011010 1101000101 10110101010 0100110001 1100010101 11010101011 01010111010 1111000101 1101111101 0001000101 110101001101 1101110001 1111010111 11001000101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14