This is an analysis of Xiv. On A Distant View Of England. by William Lisle Bowles.
AH! from my eyes the tears unbidden start,
Albion! as now thy cliffs (that bright appear…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbacddceffebb
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1011011001 10011111101 11001111101 0101011101 01011100011 1011010111 11110101001 1001011101 11010100101 11110110111 1111111101 1111001101 0101011111 1001111101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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