Analysis of Esther, A Sonnet Sequence: XXXVII
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)
She seemed to change as if with a change of the wind,
And growing serious sighed, ``Now look,'' she said,
``You think me a mad woman and unkind,
But that is nonsense. I am sound of head
And not unsound of heart, ah, no, not there!
But you turn my head with your John the Baptist's face.
I will not be made jealous, so beware.''
She looked entreatingly as if for grace,
And held me by the arm. ``We are strangers both
Among these heavy Lyonnese. By right
We so should hold together. Tell me truth.
You never saw me, did you, till to--night?''
I said, ``I came here not twelve hours ago!
Why should you think it?'' ``No,'' she broke in, ``no.
Scheme | ABABCDCDEFGFHI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111101101 01010011111 1110110001 1111011111 0101111111 11111111011 1111110101 1111111 01110111101 01110111 1111010111 1101111111 11111111001 1111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 635 |
Words | 130 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 478 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 123 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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