Analysis of Natalia’s Resurrection: Sonnet IX
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)
Thus Adrian learned it. And behold, his heart,
Which he had hardened against all dismay,
And wrapped up secretly and laid apart
As something which should not be used to--day,
Woke with a pang, and tremulously wan
Started and listened. There in the new morn
Of this grey wakening, like a long drowned man
Brought back to life, he knew the world forlorn
By the dull ache which was in every limb.
The ghastly pleasures which had gorged his care
Paled as he looked at them. His dead lusts dim
Stank like lost corpses in the morning air.
And yet 'twas passing sweet, despite the pain,
To feel and move and live and love again.
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Metre | 11001100111 1111001101 0111000101 1101111111 1101010001 1001010011 111110111 1111110101 10111101001 0101011111 1111111111 1111000101 0111010101 1101010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 616 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 489 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 115 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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