This is an analysis of Sonnet On The Death Of Mr Richard West by Thomas Gray.
In vain to me the smiling mornings shine,
And redd'ning Phoebus lifts his golden fire:…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababXbaccacaca
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 0101010101 11010101010 01011100101 110110111010 1101110110 010010111010 1101011111 10110010101 1101010101 11110101001 0101110101 0111010101 1101011101 1101011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
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