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

BORNE on the warm wing of the western gale,
How tremulously low is heard to float…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefff
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101100101 1100010101 1011011101 01010001001 11010101101 11100100101 1011011101 1111010101 0011111111 1111001101 01010010101 1101010101 1111001110 111101011111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14