This is an analysis of Sonnet 07 by Henry Timrod.

Grief dies like joy; the tears upon my cheek
Will disappear like dew. Dear God! I know…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbacddcXeebbe
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111010111 0101111111 1101001101 1111011111 0101010101 0111010111 10110101101 0101011111 1111111101 1101011111 1111000111 1001110111 1101111011 1101110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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