This is an analysis of Sonnet Xxii. By The Same. To Solitude. by Charlotte Smith.

OH, Solitude! to thy sequester'd vale
I come to hide my sorrow and my tears,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbcdedeff
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101010101 1101110111 1011010101 11110100101 0111111001 1111010101 1011110111 1111011101 1111000111 0111110101 1110011101 1111011101 1111011001 1101110111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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