Analysis of Natalia’s Resurrection: Sonnet XXIII
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)
But, when the church was hushed in the night wind,
And all were gone who might his zeal disclaim,
Or hinder the firm purpose of his mind,
A silent man among the tombs he came,
Stooping to listen if so be some sound
Of living thing with speech or power to breathe
Should issuant be from the dark underground,--
And last to hers. There on that home of death
He kneeled him down and called aloud to her,
``Natalia, O Natalia, my beloved,
Am I not here thy soul's petitioner
Whom thou so lovedst?'' And around him moved
The phantoms of the night. And the wind's sigh
Answered his prayer, ``Beloved, it is I.''
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Metre | 1101110011 0101111101 1100110111 0101010111 1011011111 11011111011 11110110 0110111111 1111010110 0101010101 1111110100 111100111 0101010011 10111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 600 |
Words | 119 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 468 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 114 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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