Analysis of The Grandiloquent Heart: A Sonnet on Unrequited Love
In ventures all, there's nought that doth excel
In terms of high expectations invested.
With grandiloquent illusions, we impel
Our hearts, yet oft our love is unrequited.
Forsooth, in all endeavors, nay, in none
None doth so oft in failure culminate.
As love, which doth with such high hopes begun,
Yet ends in disappointment and lamentate.
Thus doth the heart, with eager hopes beguiled,
Find disappointment, as love's dreams are thwarted,
And all the while, the soul is left beguiled
By love's delusions, which so oft are thwarted.
But though love oft doth end in disappointment,
Yet still the heart doth in its hope's anointment.
Scheme | ABAX CXCB DBDB XB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101111101 0111010010 10100010101 101111011010 101010101 111101010 1111111101 11001001 1101110101 1010111110 0101011101 11010111110 1111110010 110110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 635 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 126 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
About this poem
The sonnet uses complex language and literary devices to convey the theme of unrequited love and disappointment. The use of terms such as "grandiloquent illusions" and "lamentate" adds to the melancholic tone of the poem. The poet also employs repetition and parallel structure to emphasize the idea that love often leads to disappointment despite high expectations.
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Written on January 14, 2023
Submitted by Mawphniang.Napoleon on January 14, 2023
Modified on April 06, 2023
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