Analysis of Sonnet XIV: Come, Soft Aeolian Harp

Mary Darby Robinson 1757 (England) – 1800 (England)



Come, soft Aeolian harp, while zephyr plays
Along the meek vibration of thy strings,
As twilight's hand her modest mantle brings,
Blending with sober grey, the western blaze!
O! prompt my Phaon's dreams with tend'rest lays,
Ere night o'er shade thee with its humid wings,
While the lorn Philomel his sorrow sings
In leafy cradle, red with parting rays!
Slow let thy dulcet tones on ether glide,
So steals the murmur of the am'rous dove;
The mazy legions swarm on ev'ry side,
To lulling sounds the sunny people move!
Let not the wise their little world deride,
The smallest sting can wound the breast of Love.


Scheme ABBAABBACDCECD
Poetic Form
Metre 11111101 0101010111 111010101 1011010101 111111111 11101111101 10111101 0101011101 1111011101 110101011 01101111 1101010101 1101110101 0101110111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 603
Words 108
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 480
Words per stanza (avg) 106
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Mary Darby Robinson

Mary Robinson was an English actress, poet, dramatist, novelist, and celebrity figure. more…

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