Analysis of To Manon, on his Fortune in loving Her
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)
I DID not choose thee, dearest. It was Love
That made the choice, not I. Mine eyes were blind
As a rude shepherd's who to some lone grove
His offering brings and cares not at what shrine
He bends his knee. The gifts alone were mine;
The rest was Love's. He took me by the hand,
And fired the sacrifice, and poured the wine,
And spoke the words I might not understand.
I was unwise in all but the dear chance
Which was my fortune, and the blind desire
Which led my foolish steps to Love's abode,
And youth's sublime unreason'd prescience
Which raised an altar and inscribed in fire
Its dedication To the Unknown God.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111110111 1101111101 1011011111 11001011111 1111010101 0111111101 0100100101 010111101 1101011011 11110001010 1111011101 01011100 11110001010 101010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 626 |
Words | 118 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 481 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 116 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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