Analysis of Sonnet XXVII.
Charlotte Smith 1749 (London) – 1806 (Tilford, Surrey)
SIGHING I see yon little troop at play,
By sorrow yet untouch'd; unhurt by care;
While free and sportive they enjoy to-day,
'Content and careless of to-morrow's fare!'
O happy age! when hope's unclouded ray
Lights their green path, and prompts their simple mirth,
Ere yet they feel the thorns that lurking lay
To wound the wretched pilgrims of the earth,
Making them rue the hour that gave them birth,
And threw them on a world so full of pain,
Where prosperous folly treads on patient worth,
And, to deaf pride, misfortune pleads in vain!
Ah!--for their future fate how many fears
Oppress my heart--and fill mine eyes with tears!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011110111 1101010111 110110111 100101111 11011111 1111011101 1111011101 1101010101 10110101111 0111011111 11001011101 0111010101 1111011101 0111011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 625 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 493 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 110 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 10, 2023
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