This is an analysis of Sonnet Lx. To An Amiable Girl by Charlotte Smith.

MIRANDA! mark where shrinking from the gale,
Its silken leaves yet moist with early dew,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdeXefff
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0101110001 0101110101 11110010001 1011111011 10010010101 0101010101 1101010001 01010000101 0101010101 01010101000 0101011101 0101000101 0111010101 0101101101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14