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

WHERE the wild woods and pathless forests frown,
The darkling Pilgrim seeks his unknown way,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcacadedeaa
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1011110101 0101010011 1101111101 0101010101 1111000101 0101010101 1001011101 1101000111 1001011101 1101011101 1110001001 1101010111 11001010101 110001110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14