Analysis of Sonnet II. Written at Bamborough Castle.
William Lisle Bowles 1762 (King's Sutton) – 1850
YE holy tow'rs, that crown the azure deep,
Still may ye shade the wave-worn rock sublime,
Though, hurrying silent by, relentless Time
Assail you, and the winter Whirlwind's sweep!
For far from blazing Grandeur's crowded halls,
Here Charity hath fix'd her chosen seat,
Oft listening tearful when the wild winds beat,
With hollow bodings, round your ancient walls;
And Pity's self, at the dark stormy hour
Of Midnight, when the Moon is hid on high,
Keeps her lone watch upon the topmost tow'r,
And turns her ear to each expiring cry;
Blest if her aid some fainting wretch might save,
And snatch him speechless from the whelming wave.
Scheme | ABBACDDCEFGFHH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101110101 1111011101 11001010101 011001011 111101101 1100110101 11001010111 110111101 0111011010 111011111 1011010111 0101110101 1101110111 011101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 639 |
Words | 110 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 498 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 108 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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