Analysis of The Channel Tunnel: Sonnets
Algernon Charles Swinburne 1837 (London) – 1909 (London)
NOT for less love, all glorious France, to thee,
‘Sweet enemy’ called in days long since at end.
Now found and hailed of England sweeter friend,
Bright sister of our freedom now, being free;
Not for less love or faith in friendship we
Whose love burnt ever toward thee reprehend
The vile vain greed whose pursy dreams portend
Between our shores suppression of the sea.
Not by dull toil of blind mechanic art
Shall these be linked for no man’s force to part
Nor length of years and changes to divide,
But union only of trust and loving heart
And perfect faith in freedom strong to abide
And spirit at one with spirit on either side.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111100111 11001011111 1101110101 110110101101 1111110101 111100111 011111101 01101010101 1111110101 1111111111 1111010101 11010110101 00110101101 010111101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 632 |
Words | 118 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 503 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 116 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 16, 2023
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