This is an analysis of Sonnet To My Beloved Daughter by Mary Darby Robinson.
WHEN FATE in ruthless rage assail'd my breast,
And Heaven relentless seal'd the harsh decree;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cddc eXeXed
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,6,
- Metre: 1101010111 11001010101 1101000101 0111010011 0101010001 1101010111 1011010101 10110101101 1111010101 1001110101 1101010101 01101010101 1111010110 01111111010
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 14
