This is an analysis of Sonnet Written Among The Ruins Of The Castle At Heidelberg by Frances Anne Kemble.

Weep'st thou to see the ruin and decay
Which Time doth wreak upon earth's mighty things?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbacXbbddccaX
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101010101 1111011101 1001110001 11010100101 11111101010 11010101010 0101011110 1101111101 0101001101 0101000101 01010011001 1101010101 1111010100 01111101100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14