This is an analysis of Sonnet Xli. To Tranquility by Charlotte Smith.

IN this tumultuous sphere, for thee unfit,
How seldom art thou found--Tranquillity!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbacbcbdeedee
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 00110011101 1101111000 0111011111 1011011001 0101010011 11001100101 10110100101 10110100101 11010001001 11111011001 11110111001 1101110111 11001010001 01111100101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Anaphora

where