Analysis of A Woman’s Sonnets: VI
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)
What have I lost? The faith I had that Right
Must surely prove itself than Ill more strong.
For see how little my poor prayers had might
To save me, at the trial's pinch, from wrong.
What have I lost? The truth of my proud eyes
Scorning deceit. Behold me here to--day
Leading a double life, at shifts with lies,
And trembling lest each shadow should betray.
No longer with my lost ones may I mourn,
Who came to me in sleep and breathed soft words.
Sleepless I lie and fearful and forlorn,
With their love's edge still wounding like a sword's.
In thy dear presence only I find rest.
To thee alone naught needs to be confessed.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111011111 1101011111 1111011111 1111010111 1111011111 101011111 1001011111 0100111101 1101111111 1111010111 1011010001 1111110101 0111010111 1101111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 620 |
Words | 120 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 487 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 118 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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