This is an analysis of To James Forbes, Esq. by Helen Maria Williams.
WHEN sever'd from this hostile shore,
A weary captive now no more,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddeeeeff
- Stanza lengths: 6,8,
- Metre: 11000011 01010111 11011111 01000101 11111101 11010101 11010101 01110101 110010001 011101001 01110111 110101001 01010101 11110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 14