Analysis of Sonnet XXXI.
Charlotte Smith 1749 (London) – 1806 (Tilford, Surrey)
Written on Farm Wood, South Downs, May 1784.
SPRING'S dewy hand on this fair summit weaves
The downy grass, with tufts of Alpine flowers,
And shades the beechen slopes with tender leaves,
And leads the shepherd to his upland bowers,
Strewn with wild thyme; while slow-descending showers
Feed the green ear, and nurse the future sheaves.
--Ah, blest the hind--whom no sad thought bereaves
Of the gay Season's pleasures!--All his hours
To wholesome labour given, or thoughtless mirth;
No pangs of sorrow past, or coming dread,
Bend his unconscious spirit down to earth,
Or chase calm slumbers from his careless head!
Ah, what to me can those dear days restore,
When scenes could charm that now I taste no more!
Scheme | ABCBCCBBCDEDEFF |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 10111111 1101111101 0101111110 010111101 01010111010 11111101010 1011010101 110111111 10110101110 1101101101 1111011101 111010111 111111101 1111111101 1111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 703 |
Words | 123 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 559 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 120 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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