This is an analysis of Verses I by Charlotte Smith.
O'ERWHELM'D with sorrow, and sustaining long
'The proud man's contumely, th' oppressor's wrong,'…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XXaabbccddeeffaaggcchhaaiibb
- Stanza lengths: 28,
- Metre: 10001010101 111100011001 1001001101 1101010101 1111011101 10011110001 11010101010 01010101010 0101010101 1100011101 1111001101 0101011101 1101011101 1111110111 1011010101 0101001101 11011000011 1101000101 11001111101 0101101101 1011110111 1111111101 11001110101 1101111101 0111010111 0101001111 10010010101 1111001101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 28
Repeated words/phrases
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