Analysis of Natalia’s Resurrection: Sonnet XXXI
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)
Rather I hold with those that tell it thus,
That they, who had made proof of their great faith,
Were joined no less with honour in love's house
By Holy Church, which binding looseneth,
Since it is written that 'twixt maid and man
The wedded contract joining hand and heart
For this life is and passeth not the span
Of victor death which all our bonds doth part.
And it were grievous one should suffer all,
Even death's last pang and an untimely grave,
If overcoming he again should fall
Prisoner to penance and to sorrow slave.
Ah, no! They lived the life their love had given,
And we too all, so grant it kindly Heaven!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011111111 1111111111 011111011 11011101 1111011101 010110101 111101101 11011110111 0101011101 10111010101 110010111 10011001101 11110111110 01111111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 615 |
Words | 118 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 488 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 116 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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