Analysis of Esther, A Sonnet Sequence: LIII
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)
For Esther was a woman most complete
In all her ways of loving. And with me
Dealt as one deals who careless of deceit
And rich in all things is of all things free.
She did not stop with me to feel her way
Into my heart, because she all hearts knew,
But, like some prodigal heir of yesterday
Just in possession, counted not her due
And grandly gave. O brave humility!
O joy that kneels! O pride that stoops to tears!
She spent where others had demanded fee,
Served where all service had of right been hers,
Casting her bread of life upon love's ways,
Content to find it after many days.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101010101 0101110011 1111110101 0101111111 1111111101 0111011111 1111001110 1001010101 0101110100 1111111111 1111010101 1111011110 1001110111 1011110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 580 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 458 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 113 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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