This is an analysis of Sonnet To Mathew Wood, Esq., Alderman And M. P. by Charles Lamb.
Hold on thy course uncheck'd, heroic Wood!
Regardless what the player's son may prate,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXbabccbbddbee Xd
- Stanza lengths: 14,2,
- Metre: 1111010101 0101010111 1101010001 11010010101 101110111 01011010010 11001101110 1011011101 1111010101 1101010101 0101111101 1111010101 1011000101 1101010101 111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 16
Repeated words/phrases
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