This is an analysis of Verses Iii by Charlotte Smith.

Written by the same lady on seeing her two sons
at play.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXaabb ccddaaeeffggaahhiicc
  • Stanza lengths: 6,20,
  • Metre: 1010110110011 11 1101010101 1101010101 0111010111 01010000101 0101010101 11010010101 11000101001 1101000101 0101011111 11110111001 11010101001 1111010101 10101010101 1011010101 11001011101 1101110101 1001010101 1011000101 11110011111 0111010101 01110100101 11001011101 1111110101 1101110001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 26

Repeated words/phrases

with, for

Anaphora

to, or