Analysis of Esther, A Sonnet Sequence: XXIV
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)
Thus through these griefs I had been set apart,
As for a double priesthood. Life to me,
In those first moments when I probed my heart,
Less an enchantress seemed than enemy.
My knowledge of the world had nothing human.
I saw Mankind a tribe, my natural foe,
Whom I must one day battle with; and Woman,
Ah! Woman was a snare I did not know.
Indeed, it may be that already hope
Knocked at my soul with tales it dared not own
Of woman's kindness in my horoscope.
Man, only Man I feared with eyes bent down,
Man the oppressor, who with pale lips curled
Sheds blood in the high places of the world.
Scheme | ABABCDCDEFEGHH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111101 1101010111 0111011111 11111100 11010111010 11110111001 11111101010 1101011111 0111110101 1111111111 110100110 1101111111 1001011111 1100110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 588 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 460 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 115 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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