Analysis of Sonnet C. In dreamy days of boyhood and of youth
Henry Alford 1810 (London) – 1871
In dreamy days of boyhood and of youth
Sweet Poesy whispered often in mine ear;
And I could then with voice distinct and clear
Repeat her ditties: but of late, in sooth,
The sterner mandates of unflattering Truth
Have filled my hearing, making not less dear
High strains of verse; but hallowing with fear
My thoughts and keen remorse, and backward ruth.
Therefore farewell, ye pleasant melodies
Of song, heroic, holy or pastoral:
Farewell, ye shades and voiceful forests all;
No more along your sward--paths dark with trees
Shall wander he, who, lightly skilled to please,
Could yet from leaf and rock poetic numbers call.
Scheme | AXBAABBA CXDCCD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010111011 111010011 0111110101 0101011101 0101101001 1111010111 11111111 1101010101 11110100 11010101100 11101101 1101111111 1101110111 111101010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 617 |
Words | 107 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 249 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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