Analysis of Sonnet XV: Now, Round My Favour'd Grot

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



Now, round my favor'd grot let roses rise,
To strew the bank where Phaon wakes from rest;
O! happy buds! to kiss his burning breast,
And die, beneath the lustre of his eyes!
Now, let the timbrels echo to the skies,
Now damsels sprinkel cassia on his vest,
With od'rous wreaths of constant myrtle drest,
And flow'rs, deep tinted with the rainbow's dyes!
From cups of porphyry let nectar flow,
Rich as the perfume of Phoenicia's vine!
Now let his dimpling cheek with rapture glow,
While round his heart love's mystic fetters twine;
And let the Grecian Lyre its aid bestow,
In songs of triumph, to proclaim him mine!


Scheme ABBAABBACDCDCD
Poetic Form
Metre 1111011101 110111111 1101111101 0101010111 110110101 1110100111 111110101 011101011 1111001101 11001111 111111101 1111110101 0101011101 0111010111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 610
Words 111
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 478
Words per stanza (avg) 109
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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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