Analysis of Sonnet 02
Richard Chenevix Trench 1807 (Dublin) – 1886 (Eaton Square)
I stood beside a pool, from whence ascended,
Mounting the cloudy platforms of the wind,
A stately heron; its soaring I attended,
Till it grew dim, and I with watching blind--
When lo! a shaft of arrowy light descended
Upon its darkness and its dim attire;
It straightway kindled them, and was afire,
And with the unconsuming radiance blended.
And bird, a cloud, flecking the sunny air,
It had its golden dwelling 'mid the lightning
Of those empyreal domes, and it might there
Have dwelt for ever, glorified and bright'ning,
But that its wings were weak--so it became
A dusky speck again, that was a winged flame.
Scheme | ABABAXXA CDCDEE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010111010 100101101 010101101010 1111011101 1101111010 01110011010 111010101 010110010 010110101 11110101010 11110111 1111010011 1111011101 0110111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 620 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 241 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 54 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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