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

FORGIVE — that thus the trumpet I have blown
You never sounded — never cared to hear.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdcdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0111010111 1101010101 0111111111 0111001101 1101010101 01010011111 11010011101 0100110111 0101001101 110010000101 0011001111 0101001101 0111011101 1101010001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

never, of, or

Anaphora

the