Analysis of The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part I: To Manon: XX
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)
ON FALLING ILL THROUGH GRIEF
Truce to thee, Soul! I have a debt to pay,
Which I acknowledge and without thy pleading.
I like thee little that thou barrest my way
With prayers too late for one well past thy heeding,
Truce to these tears! Thy fellow lieth bleeding,
Wounded by thee; and thou, forsooth, dost say,
``I have a servant who is sick and needing
Care at men's hands.'' The care was thine to pay.
--When this same Soul was sick, a while ago,
The Body watched her, till his eyes grew dim
And his cheeks pale for very sympathy,
Because she grieved. His love has wrought him woe,
For he is sick and she despiseth him.
Poor Body, I must take some thought of thee.
Scheme | ABCBCCBCBDEFDEF |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 110111 1111110111 11010001110 1111011111 11111111110 1111110110 101101111 11010111010 1111011111 1111110101 0101011111 0111110100 0111111111 11110111 1101111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 660 |
Words | 130 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 513 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 127 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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