Analysis of Sonnet 06

Henry Timrod 1828 (Charleston) – 1867 (Columbia)



I scarcely grieve, O Nature! at the lot
That pent my life within a city's bounds,
And shut me from thy sweetest sights and sounds.
Perhaps I had not learned, if some lone cot
Had nursed a dreamy childhood, what the mart
Taught me amid its turmoil; so my youth
Had missed full many a stern but wholesome truth.
Here, too, O Nature! in this haunt of Art,
Thy power is on me, and I own thy thrall.
There is no unimpressive spot on earth!
The beauty of the stars is over all,
And Day and Darkness visit every hearth.
Clouds do not scorn us:  yonder factory's smoke
Looked like a golden mist when morning broke.


Scheme ABBACDDCEFEGHH
Poetic Form
Metre 1101110101 1111010101 0111110101 0111111111 110101101 110111111 11110011101 1111001111 11011101111 111010111 0101011101 01010101001 11111101001 1101011101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 601
Words 118
Sentences 9
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 469
Words per stanza (avg) 117
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Henry Timrod

Henry Timrod was an American poet, often called the poet laureate of the Confederacy. more…

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