This is an analysis of Sonnet Xlii: Composed During A Walk by Charlotte Smith.
The dark and pillowy cloud, the sallow trees,
Seem o'er the ruins of the year to mourn;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababbcbccbcbdd
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 01110010101 11001000101 1111001001 1101011101 10011010101 0101110101 11010011101 0101111101 11010101001 10110110111 1111010101 0111000101 11011010111 110101110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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