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;…

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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