This is an analysis of Sonnet Xxiv. By The Same. by Charlotte Smith.

MAKE there my tomb, beneath the lime-tree's shade,
Where grass and flowers in wild luxuriance wave;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcacadadaee
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111010111 11110011001 11010011111 1101010101 1111111101 0101010111 1001011101 11100010101 1011010101 1011111101 0111001101 1101110101 11010010111 1011010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Anaphora

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