Analysis of Natalia’s Resurrection: Sonnet X
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)
But with full daylight finding no relief,
Though he had spent the newness of his fears
And looked with altered eyes upon his grief,
For sorrow often drowses in its tears,
And men sleep deepest on a wound, he rose
And taking horse made in all haste for Rome,
Thinking if thus he might assuage his woes
By visiting his dead Natalia's tomb
And asking of her dear new--buried lips
What secret thought had been of love and him
When the world left her in its last eclipse.
And still in passionate words he made his theme,
That she was waiting yet to hear his cry:
``O my soul's soul, I did not bid thee die.''
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111110101 1111010111 0111010111 110101011 0111010111 0101101111 1011110111 11001111 0101011101 1101111101 1011001101 01010011111 1111011111 1111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 598 |
Words | 119 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 472 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 116 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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