Analysis of The House of Mirth
I want her kiss to be my cherry wine
My laughter to be garlands for her head
I wish that she would be my Valentine
Wherefore as in betrothal we would wed
I want to be her consummate lover
With passion’s spark upon a bed of coal
Through marriage we would honor each other
O! The heights of ecstasy we’d extol!
I wish that in this moment we were one
Yet, this thought is a fleeting vanity
Which does remind me of life’s pleasant fun.
I need her for the sake of sanity.
Thus, a small kindled poetic fire
Inflames the hearth of sacred desire.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF CC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101111101 110111101 111111110 1101111 1111010010 1101010111 1101110110 1011100101 1110110101 1111010100 1101111101 1101011100 1011001010 0101110010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 547 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
About this poem
This sonnet is dedicated to Celia Martinez, a prose composer.
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