Analysis of Esther, A Sonnet Sequence: VII
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)
I had made my round, as yet with little gain
Of undiscovered good in that gay place.
I had sought my share of pleasure, but in vain.
Laughter was not for me, and hid her face.
I had asked for mirth. The oracles were dumb.
No sound of Folly with her tinkling feet
Had bid my own feet follow, and no home
Was mine for merriment or musings sweet.
I had ceased to hope and almost ceased to seek,
When, from the farthest booth of all, the bray
Of brass and drums and fiddling and the shriek
Of a dwarf's voice invited me to stay.
The crowd, as scenting some more mirthful thing,
Surged round that booth agape and wondering.
Scheme | ABABCDEDFGFGHH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111111101 101010111 11111110101 1011110101 11111010001 11110101001 1111110011 11111101 1111101111 1101011101 1101010001 1011010111 01111111 1111010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 613 |
Words | 122 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 481 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 120 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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