Analysis of Fire. (Sonnet II.)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807 (Portland) – 1882 (Cambridge)
Not without fire can any workman mould
The iron to his preconceived design,
Nor can the artist without fire refine
And purify from all its dross the gold;
Nor can revive the phoenix, we are told,
Except by fire. Hence if such death be mine
I hope to rise again with the divine,
Whom death augments, and time cannot make old.
O sweet, sweet death! O fortunate fire that burns
Within me still to renovate my days,
Though I am almost numbered with the dead!
If by its nature unto heaven returns
This element, me, kindled in its blaze,
Will it bear upward when my life is fled.
Scheme | ABBAABBACDECDE |
---|---|
Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10110110101 010110101 11010011001 010111101 1101010111 01110111111 1111011001 111011011 111111001011 011111011 111110101 11110101001 1100110011 1111011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 568 |
Words | 110 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 450 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Font size:
Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 33 sec read
- 114 Views
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Fire. (Sonnet II.)" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 27 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/18593/fire.-%28sonnet-ii.%29>.
Discuss this Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In