Analysis of A Calendar of Sonnets: July
Helen Hunt Jackson 1830 (Amherst, Massachusetts) – 1885 (San Francisco)
Some flowers are withered and some joys have died;
The garden reeks with an East Indian scent
From beds where gillyflowers stand weak and spent;
The white heat pales the skies from side to side;
But in still lakes and rivers, cool, content,
Like starry blooms on a new firmament,
White lilies float and regally abide.
In vain the cruel skies their hot rays shed;
The lily does not feel their brazen glare.
In vain the pallid clouds refuse to share
Their dews, the lily feels no thirst, no dread.
Unharmed she lifts her queenly face and head;
She drinks of living waters and keeps fair.
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Metre | 11011001111 01011111001 11111101 0111011111 1011010110 11011011 1101010001 0101011111 0101111101 0101010111 1101011111 011101101 1111010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 593 |
Words | 108 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 465 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 106 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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