This is an analysis of Sunday Morning Bells by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik.

FROM the near city comes the clang of bells:
Their hundred jarring diverse tones combine…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaXaaXcddcXX
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0011010101 1101001110 0111010011 1011110101 1001010100 1100110101 1101111101 10110111011 1011011101 1011011011 1101010111 0101001111 0101000101 01000101110
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14