This is an analysis of The Moon by Charlotte Smith.

Queen of the silver bow, by thy pale beam
Alone and pensive I delight to stray,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababccccdedeff
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1001011111 0111010101 11111100001 1101011111 1111111101 1011011101 1111110001 1011010111 01000010111 0111011001 1011000111 0101110101 1111111101 1101000101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

thy, and, of