This is an analysis of Sonnet Xxvi. To The River Arun by Charlotte Smith.

ON thy wild banks, by frequent torrents worn,
No glittering fanes, or marble domes appear,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbcdedeff
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111110101 110010110101 1101011101 1100110101 10010101001 01011101001 1111010101 11010100001 0101111111 011100001101 10110101001 01001000101 11010100101 1101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

thy