Analysis of A Woman’s Sonnets: IX
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)
The day draws nigh, methinks, when I could stay
Calm in thy presence with no dream of ill,
When, having put all earthliness away,
I could be near thee, touching thee, and still
Feel no mad throbbing at my foolish heart,
No sudden rising of unbidden tears,
Could mark thee come and go, to meet our part,
Without the gladness and without the fears.
Have patience with me then for this short space.
I shall be wise, but may not yet unmoved
See a strange woman put into my place
And happy in thy love, as I was loved:
This were too much. Ah, let me not yet see
The love--light in thine eyes, and not for me.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011111111 1011011111 11011101 1111110101 1111011101 11010111 11110111101 010100101 1101111111 1111111101 1011010111 0100111111 1011111111 0110110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 598 |
Words | 120 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 464 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 118 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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