This is an analysis of Sonnet 03 by Henry Timrod.

Life ever seems as from its present site
It aimed to lure us. Mountains of the past…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaababcbbcbc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101100011 0101110001 0101111101 0001010101 1110000101 1100011001 1011011101 01110101001 1110011101 11011101001 0001010101 0111000101 1100010111 10010011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Anaphora

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