Analysis of Sonnet XIII

Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton 1808 (Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Sheridan London) – 1877 (London)



LITTLE they think, the giddy and the vain,
Wandering at pleasure 'neath the shady trees,
While the light glossy silk or rustling train
Shines in the sun or flutters in the breeze,
How the sick weaver plies the incessant loom,
Crossing in silence the perplexing thread,
Pent in the confines of one narrow room,
Where droops complainingly his cheerless head:--
Little they think with what dull anxious eyes,
Nor by what nerveless, thin, and trembling hands,
The devious mingling of those various dyes
Were wrought to answer Luxury's commands:
But the day cometh when the tired shall rest,--
Where weary Lazarus leans his head on Abraham's breast!


Scheme ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Poetic Form Shakespearean sonnet  (86%)
Metre 1011010001 10011010101 1011011101 1001110001 10110100101 1001000101 100111101 111111 1011111101 1111101001 0100100111001 01110101 10110101011 110100111111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 663
Words 113
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 37
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 516
Words per stanza (avg) 107
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton

Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton was an English feminist, social reformer, and author of the early and mid-nineteenth century. more…

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