Analysis of Sonnet VII
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 (Edinburgh) – 1894 (Vailima, Samoa)
The strong man's hand, the snow-cool head of age,
The certain-footed sympathies of youth -
These, and that lofty passion after truth,
Hunger unsatisfied in priest or sage
Or the great men of former years, he needs
That not unworthily would dare to sing
(Hard task!) black care's inevitable ring
Settling with years upon the heart that feeds
Incessantly on glory. Year by year
The narrowing toil grows closer round his feet;
With disenchanting touch rude-handed time
The unlovely web discloses, and strange fear
Leads him at last to eld's inclement seat,
The bitter north of life - a frozen clime.
Scheme | ABBACDDCEFGEFG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111011111 0101010011 1011010101 100100111 1011110111 1111111 1111010001 10011010111 0100110111 01001110111 1111101 011010011 1111110101 0101110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 592 |
Words | 104 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 475 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 102 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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