Analysis of Esther, A Sonnet Sequence: XLVIII
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)
Suddenly then my strange companion cried,
``Bring me the body.'' In a moment more
She had thrown off her hat, her veil untied,
And motioning all the women to the door,
While I sat speechless by who would have gone,
Undid her jacket and anon her dress,
With the jet buttons of it one by one,
And stood but clothed the more in loveliness,
A sight sublime, a dream, a miracle,
A little goddess from some luminous field
Brought down unconscious on our Earth to dwell,
And in an age of innocence revealed,
Naked but not ashamed. Nay, wherefore shame?
And I, ah, who shall blame me, who shall blame?
| Scheme | ABABCDEDFGHGII |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1001110101 110100101 1111010101 01001010101 1111011111 010100101 1011011111 01110101 0101010100 01010111001 1110110111 0011110001 101101111 0111111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 588 |
| Words | 113 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 461 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 110 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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