This is an analysis of Sonnet. Though Thou Return Unto The Former Things, by Frances Anne Kemble.

Though thou return unto the former things,
Fields, woods, and gardens, where thy feet have strayed…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaaccXXdeed
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101100101 1111011111 0101110111 0111110101 1111000100 1111010101 1001010100 10101111101 0111110001 10011111110 11110111101 1101111101 0110010111 1001000101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14