Analysis of The Idler’s Calendar. Twelve Sonnets For The Months. May
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)
THE LONDON SEASON
I still love London in the month of May,
By an old habit, spite of dust and din.
I love the fair adulterous world, whose way
Is by the pleasant banks of Serpentine.
I love the worshippers at fashion's shrine,
The flowers, the incense, and the pageantry
Of generations which still ask a sign
Of that dear god, whose votary am I.
I love the ``greetings in the market--place,''
The jargon of the clubs. I love to view
The ``gilded youth'' who at the window pass,
For ever smiling smiles for ever new.
I love these men and women at their task
Of hunting pleasure. Hope, mysterious too,
Touches my arm and points, and seems to ask
``And you, have you no Juliet in the masque?''
Scheme | X AXABBXBX XCXCDCDD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010 1111000111 1111011101 11010100111 110101110 1101001101 01000100100 101011101 11111111 110100101 0101011111 011110101 1101011101 1111010111 11010101001 1011010111 0111110001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 682 |
Words | 133 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 178 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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