Analysis of Esther, A Sonnet Sequence: LV
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)
We stayed at Lyons three days, only three,
In Esther's world of wonder and renown,
She, glorious star, each night immortally
Playing her Manons to the listening town.
I glorious too, but in Love's firmament,
Watching her face by which alone I moved,
A shadow near her raptured and intent,
And seeking still the signs that I was loved.
Thrice happy days! Thrice blessed tragedy!
Her Des Grieux was I, her lover lorn
Bound to her fortunes, blest to live or die,
And faithful ever though to faith forsworn,
Waiting behind the scenes in that stage--land
To greet her exits and to squeeze her hand.
Scheme | ABCBDDDDABDEDD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111011101 011110001 11001111 1001101001 110011011 1001110111 01101001 0101011111 110111100 011110101 1101011111 010101111 1001010111 1101001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 588 |
Words | 107 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 467 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 105 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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