Analysis of A Woman’s Sonnets: VIII
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)
I sue thee not for pity on my case.
If I have sinned, the judgment has begun.
My joy was but one day of all the days,
And clouds have blotted it and hid the sun.
Thou wert so much to me! But soon I knew
How small a part could mine be in thy life,
That all a woman may endure or do
Counts little to her hero in the strife.
I do not blame thee who deserved no blame;
Thou hast so many worlds within thy ken.
I staked my all upon a losing game,
Knowing the nature and the needs of men,
And knowing too how quickly pride is spent.
With open eyes to Love and Death I went.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111110111 1111010101 1111111101 0111010101 1111111111 1101111011 1101010111 1101010001 1111110111 1111010111 1111010101 1001000111 0101110111 1101110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 562 |
Words | 124 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 432 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 122 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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