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

PARTED by time and space for many a year,
Yet ever longing, hoping for a day…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdecde
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 10111111001 1101010101 1101010111 1111111101 10110011101 1111110101 1101111101 0101010001 1101111111 0110110111 11010101011 1011011001 01111111001 1100110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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