This is an analysis of Song I by Charlotte Smith.

FROM THE FRENCH OF CARDINAL BERNIS.
I.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xababacdcd Xefefghgh Xbdbddbdb
  • Stanza lengths: 10,9,9,
  • Metre: 001010010 1 10100111 11111101 110101101 11110001 01110111 01001101 101101111 11111101 1 11111001 110101111 11000111 11110111 11110111 10111101 11011101 11110111 1 11011101 11110101 11111101 01010101 11110101 11111101 11010111 01000101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

thy, her, and