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

THOSE times are gone, that circle thinned away,
And we who live, now scattered far and wide,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdeced
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111110101 1111110111 10110110101 11110010111 01011110111 1100101111 1111010101 0111010111 101010101010 11010010001 0101010101 01111101010 110010111001 11110101001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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