This is an analysis of Sonnet. To Patience by Henry King.

Down stormy passions, down; no more
Let your rude waves invade the shore…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeXcbbff
  • Stanza lengths: 16,
  • Metre: 11010111 11110101 11010111 00010011 110011111 11110101 11000101 01010111 1110111 11110101 11110110 10110101 11011111 100111011 01001011 11010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 16