This is an analysis of Sonnet Lxxxii. To The Shade Of Burns by Charlotte Smith.

MUTE is thy wild harp, now, O bard sublime!
Who, amid Scotia's mountain solitude,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXbbbaabbbbbX
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1011111101 1011010101 11010101010 11001010101 010010011001 10001010101 1111110101 1011010101 01001010101 1111010001 1101011101 11011011111 0100100001001 01001100010
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14