Analysis of Eternus Amor: A Sonnet of Unending Devotion
With thoughts of thee, my mind doth oft beguile
Eternally, a fragment of thyself
Remains within my heart, and doth compile
A love that time nor distance can dispel
Forsooth, my gratitude doth oft reveal
Itself in words that flow like gentle breeze
And though the world doth oft my love conceal
It burns within my breast, with naught to ease
But thy sweet presence, which doth make whole
This aching heart, and doth my soul restore
And though we may be parted, far and wide
My love for thee shall never be ignored
For in my heart, thy memory doth bide
Eternally, my love for thee, abide.
Scheme | AXAX BCBC XXDX DD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111101 010001011 0101110101 0111110101 11101101 0101111101 0101111101 1101111111 111101111 1101011101 0111110101 1111110101 1011110011 0100111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 589 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 117 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
About this poem
The sonnet above is a masterful display of the power of language to evoke deep emotions. The use of complex and archaic terms, such as "beguile" and "forsooth," imbues the poem with a sense of timelessness and timelessness, evoking the grandeur and beauty of the great sonnets of Francesco Petrarca, Edmund Spenser, and Percy Bysshe Shelley. The speaker's devotion to their loved one is depicted as an eternal and unyielding force, one that persists despite the trials of time and distance. The imagery of the "gentle breeze" and the "aching heart" serves to further emphasize the speaker's deep and abiding love. The final couplet, in which the speaker declares that the memory of their beloved will forever abide within their heart, serves as a poignant and powerful conclusion to this stunning ode to love. more »
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