This is an analysis of Thou Poisonous Laurel Leaf, That In The Soil by Frances Anne Kemble.
Thou poisonous laurel leaf, that in the soil
Of life, which I am doomed to till full sore,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaXcdedecfbbf
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 11001011001 0111110111 1101011111 111111110010 1101010101 1110010111 1111011100 11110100111 10010100101 1011110111 0111110101 1001110101 1011011101 1111011100111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
