This is an analysis of Sonnet 06 by Henry Timrod.

I scarcely grieve, O Nature! at the lot
That pent my life within a city's bounds,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaccadcdcee
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101110101 1111010101 1110110111 0111110111 1101011101 1101011111 11110011101 1111000101 11001111111 1011010111 0100010101 11110101001 11111101001 1101011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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