This is an analysis of To James Norton Esq. by Charles Harpur.

Think you I have not skill to gather gold,
If I could love it as some others do?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababbaabacacca
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111110101 0111011101 1111010001 11011010111 0111010011 01011010101 1101110111 1100111101 1111110101 001101101 1101010001 10010010101 1011001001 100011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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