This is an analysis of Evening by Charlotte Smith.

OH ! soothing hour, when glowing day,
Low in the western wave declines,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcXXbbbbcccc
  • Stanza lengths: 17,
  • Metre: 110101101 10010101 11010101 11010101 110101010 10010111 1101001010 11000101 11010101 11010101 11110101 01110101 01111111 110111010 11010101 110111010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16

Anaphora

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