This is an analysis of Sonnet Lix. by Charlotte Smith.

Written Sept. 1791, during a remarkable thunder
storm, in which the moon was perfectly clear, while…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXabccbbcbcdadada
  • Stanza lengths: 18,
  • Metre: 1011100010010 10101110011 01010010001010 1 1101010101 01010100101 10010010101 0101011101 1010010101 1100010101 1011110101 10011110111 1001010001 01010001001 0101010101 1011110101 1101010101 1101000101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 18