This is an analysis of Sonnet Xlvi. by Charlotte Smith.

Written at Penhurst, in Autumn 1788.
YE towers sublime! deserted now and drear!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXababcbccdcdee
  • Stanza lengths: 15,
  • Metre: 101100101 11001010111 1111000101 01010010101 11001011101 1100110101 0101011101 1101010101 1111000101 0101011101 1101001101 0101011101 1011110001 1111010101 1100101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 15

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

ye