Analysis of Sonnet to Twilight
Helen Maria Williams 1761 (London) – 1827
Meek Twilight! soften the declining day,
And bring the hour my pensive spirit loves;
When o'er the mountain slow descends the ray
That gives to silence and to night the groves.
Ah, let the happy court the morning still,
When, in her blooming loveliness arrayed,
She bids fresh beauty light the vale or hill,
And rapture warble in the vocal shade.
Sweet is the odour of the morning's flower,
And rich in melody her accents rise;
Yet dearer to my soul the shadowy hour
At which her blossoms close, her music dies:
For then, while languid Nature droops her head,
She wakes the tear 'tis luxury to shed.
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Metre | 111000101 01010110101 11001010101 1111001101 1101010101 10010101 1111010111 0101000101 1101101010 0101000101 110111010010 1101010101 1111010101 1101110011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 594 |
Words | 110 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 472 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 108 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 24, 2023
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