Analysis of Esther, A Sonnet Sequence: II
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)
Yes, who shall tell the value of our tears,
Whether we wept aright or idly grieved?
There is a tragedy in unloved years,
And in those passionate hours by love deceived,
In lips unkissed and hopes too soon bereaved,
And youth's high courage which no strength could save,
And manhood's web of fate by folly weaved,
And grey--haired grief brought down into the grave.
Who shall distinguish truly and be wise
'Twixt grief and grief, 'twixt night and night? The sun
Has its own sorrow and a voice that cries
Louder than darkness of its joys undone,
And pleads with that exceeding bitter cry,
``I have tasted honey, and behold, I die!''
Scheme | ABCBBDBDEFEFGG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110101101 101111101 1101000011 001100101101 011011101 0111011111 011111101 0111110101 1101010011 1101110101 1111000111 1011011101 0111010101 11101000111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 625 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 495 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 112 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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