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

SHOULD the lone wanderer, fainting on his way,
Rest for a moment of the sultry hours,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abababXbacacdd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 10110010101 11010001010 1101111101 101111001010 10110111001 0101010111 1111110110 1111010101 1101110101 1011010101 01010010101 1101010101 1111001101 1011010111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Anaphora

so, and