This is an analysis of Sonnet I. by Christopher Pearse Cranch.

THE Summer goes, with all its birds and flowers;
The Autumn passes with its solemn sky;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaccadefdef
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 01010101110 0101000101 0101011111 1101010111 01110111110 1111111101 1101110111 01111101010 1001110101 1101101101 1101110111 1101010101 1101010111 1110010111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Anaphora

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