Analysis of Campus Sonnets: Talk
Stephen Vincent Benet 1898 (Bethlehem) – 1943 (New York City)
Tobacco smoke drifts up to the dim ceiling
From half a dozen pipes and cigarettes,
Curling in endless shapes, in blue rings wheeling,
As formless as our talk. Phil, drawling, bets
Cornell will win the relay in a walk,
While Bob and Mac discuss the Giants' chances;
Deep in a morris-chair, Bill scowls at 'Falk',
John gives large views about the last few dances.
And so it goes - an idle speech and aimless,
A few chance phrases; yet I see behind
The empty words the gleam of a beauty tameless,
Friendship and peace and fire to strike men blind,
Till the whole world seems small and bright to hold -
Of all our youth this hour is pure gold.
Scheme | ABABCDCD XEBEFF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111110110 110101001 10010101110 111101111 011101001 11010101010 1001011111 11110101110 01111101010 0111011101 01010110101 10010101111 1011110111 11101110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 647 |
Words | 122 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 249 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 60 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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