This is an analysis of Sonnet Xl. From The Same. by Charlotte Smith.
FAR on the sands, the low, retiring tide,
In distant murmurs hardly seems to flow;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdXdXdee
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1101010101 0101010101 11001010111 0101010101 1101100101 0101010101 0111010111 1101011001 1011000101 11001011101 1001010001 11001011101 1101010101 1101011100001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
