Analysis of To Ava: A Sonnet.
O’ fairest maiden, how lovely art thou,
With thine eye alike to a star-dappled sky,
A lily’s tenderness on cheek and brow,
Which wayfaring admirers come by?
How dost the pale moon rival thee at night,
Thy visage shrouded beneath ornate gold:
A vision of splendor by firelight,
As a breathtaking marvel to behold?
How thou hast ravished his heart with one glance
Who keeps thee in his own loving embrace,
And surpassed the plight of forlorn romance
With a touch of genuineness and grace?
Wherefore dost true love abound in thy kiss?
With hopes undreamed of and undying bliss.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GG |
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Poetic Form | Shakespearean sonnet |
Metre | 1101011011 1110110111 011001101 1101011 1101110111 1101001011 01011011 101010101 111111111 1110111001 0010110101 1011100001 111101011 1101100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 581 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 115 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
About this poem
This poem is written as a dedication to Ava Elizabeth Phillippe.
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