This is an analysis of Sonnet I The Nightingale by Cornelius Webb.

Not farther than a fledgling's weak first flight,
In a low dell, standeth an antique grove;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababbabacdcdcc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101010111 0011101011 1000111111 1111011011 01001011101 11101011111 0010010101 1011110001 1111010011 10110001110 1101010101 10010001010 01010010100 1111010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14