Analysis of The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part IV: Vita Nova: CXI
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)
TO THE BEDOUIN ARABS
Children of Shem! Firstborn of Noah's race,
But still forever children; at the door
Of Eden found, unconscious of disgrace,
And loitering on while all are gone before;
Too proud to dig; too careless to be poor;
Taking the gifts of God in thanklessness,
Not rendering aught, nor supplicating more,
Nor arguing with Him when He hides His face.
Yours is the rain and sunshine, and the way
Of an old wisdom by our world forgot,
The courage of a day which knew not death.
Well may we sons of Japhet in dismay
Pause in our vain mad fight for life and breath,
Beholding you. I bow and reason not.
Scheme | ABCBCDACBEFGEGF |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1010010 1011111101 1101010101 110110101 01001111101 1111110111 10011101 11001111 11001111111 110101001 11110110101 0101011111 111111001 10101111101 0101110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 604 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 478 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 114 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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