Analysis of The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part II: To Juliet: XL
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)
THE SAME CONTINUED
'Tis strange we are thus parted, not by death
Or man's device, but by our own mad will,
We who have stood together on life's path
Through half a youth of good repute and ill,
Friends more than lovers. See, Love's citadel
We held so stoutly 'gainst a world in arms
Lies all dismantled now, a sight to fill
The Earth with lamentations and alarms.
Whose was the fault? I dare not ask nor say.
If there was treachery, 'tis best untold.
The price of treason we receive to--day
Is paid to both of us in evil gold.
Ay, take thy bitter freedom. 'Tis the fee
Of love betrayed and faith's apostasy.
Scheme | ABCDCEFCFGHGHIF |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 01010 1111110111 11011110111 1111010111 1101110101 111101110 1111010101 1101010111 0111001 1101111111 1111001101 0111010111 1111110101 1111010101 1101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 601 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 467 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 115 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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