Analysis of Sonnet 01
Henry Timrod 1828 (Charleston) – 1867 (Columbia)
Poet! if on a lasting fame be bent
Thy unperturbing hopes, thou will not roam
Too far from thine own happy heart and home;
Cling to the lowly earth, and be content!
So shall thy name be dear to many a heart;
So shall the noblest truths by thee be taught;
The flower and fruit of wholesome human thought
Bless the sweet labors of thy gentle art.
The brightest stars are nearest to the earth,
And we may track the mighty sun above,
Even by the shadow of a slender flower.
Always, O bard, humility is power!
And thou mayst draw from matters of the hearth
Truths wide as nations, and as deep as love.
Scheme | ABBACDDCEFGGHF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011010111 1111111 1111110101 1101010110 11111111001 1101011111 01001110101 1011011101 0101110101 0111010101 10101101010 1110100110 0111110101 1111001111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 591 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 466 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 115 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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