Analysis of Sonnet -- The Snow-Drop
Mary Darby Robinson 1757 (England) – 1800 (England)
THOU meekest emblem of the infant year,
Why droops so cold and wan thy fragrant head ?
Ah ! why retiring to thy frozen bed,
Steals from thy silky leaves the trembling tear ?
Day's op'ning eye shall warm thy gentle breast,
Revive thy timid charms and sickly hue;
Thy drooping buds shall drink the morning dew,
And bloom again by glowing PHOEBUS drest;
Or should the midnight damp, with icy breath,
Nip thy pale check, and bow thee to the ground,
Or the bleak winds thy blossoms scatter round,
And all thy modest beauties fade to death;
E'en in decay thy spotless sweets shall rise,
And midst AURORA'S TEARS evap'rate IN THE SKIES.
Scheme | XAAX XBBA CDDCEE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111010101 1111011101 1101011101 11110101001 1111111101 0111010101 1101110101 0101110101 110111101 1111011101 1011110101 0111010111 11001110111 01111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 628 |
Words | 113 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 165 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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