This is an analysis of Sonnet Xv. From Petrarch by Charlotte Smith.

WHERE the green leaves exclude the summer beam,
And softly bend as balmy breezes blow,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababccccadadXX
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1011010101 1101110101 1101010101 0101010101 1011111101 1011001101 110010010101 0110010111 1111010111 0111011101 11010101101 0111010101 1111010001 11110101111110
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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