Analysis of Non Dolet
Algernon Charles Swinburne 1837 (London) – 1909 (London)
It does not hurt. She looked along the knife
Smiling, and watched the thick drops mix and run
Down the sheer blade; not that which had been done
Could hurt the sweet sense of the Roman wife,
But that which was to do yet ere the strife
Could end for each for ever, and the sun:
Nor was the palm yet nor was peace yet won
While pain had power upon her husband's life.
It does not hurt, Italia. Thou art more
Than bride to bridegroom; how shalt thou not take
The gift love's blood has reddened for thy sake?
Was not thy lifeblood given for us before?
And if love's heartblood can avail thy need,
And thou not die, how should it hurt indeed?
Scheme | ABBAABBA CDDCEE |
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Poetic Form | Petrarchan sonnet |
Metre | 1111110101 1001011101 1011111111 1101110101 1111111101 1111110001 1101111111 11110010101 11110100111 111111111 011111111 1111101101 011110111 0111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 650 |
Words | 127 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 248 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 64 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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