Analysis of Sonnet XLI. To Tranquility
Charlotte Smith 1749 (London) – 1806 (Tilford, Surrey)
IN this tumultuous sphere, for thee unfit,
How seldom art thou found--Tranquillity!
Unless 'tis when with mild and downcast eye
By the low cradles thou delight'st to sit
Of sleeping infants--watching the soft breath,
And bidding the sweet slumberers easy lie;
Or sometimes hanging o'er the bed of death,
Where the poor languid sufferer--hopes to die.
Oh, beauteous sister of the halcyon peace!
I sure shall find thee in that heavenly scene
Where care and anguish shall their power resign;
Where hope alike, and vain regret shall cease,
And memory--lost in happiness serene,
Repeat no more--that misery has been mine!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0110011101 1101111 011111011 10110101111 1101010011 010011101 10110100111 10110100111 1110101001 11111011001 11010111001 1101010111 01001010001 01111100111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 611 |
Words | 102 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 490 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 100 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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