This is an analysis of Thirty-Eight by Charlotte Smith.

IN early youth's unclouded scene,
The brilliant morning of eighteen,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabccbddbeebffbggbhhbiib eebffbiibXXbjjbaabiibhhbddbhhhb
  • Stanza lengths: 24,31,
  • Metre: 01011001 01010001 01110101 111101001 11110111 010100101 10111101 01010101 11010111 01111101 01011101 01010101 1100100101 11011111 11010101 01111101 110110101 11011101 11010101 11110101 111111001 01011101 01010101 11011101 01010101 11010001 01110101 11110001 10111111 11111101 11110101 01010101 01110101 101110111 1100101010 11010101 10110111 11010101 11011101 11010111 11010101 11101101 11110001 11010101 11011111 010010101 11100101 10110101 01110101 01010101 11110100 010111010 01011101 110101010 11010100101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 55

Repeated words/phrases

to, and

Anaphora

and, the, with