Analysis of The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part III: Gods And False Gods: LXXIII
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)
TO ONE TO WHOM HE HAD BEEN UNJUST
If I was angry once that you refused
The bread I asked and offered me a stone,
Deeming the rights of bounty thus abused
And my poor beggary but trampled on,
Believe me now I would that wrong atone
With such submission as a heart can show,
Asking no bread of life but that alone
Your dear heart proffered and my pride let go.
Give me your help, your pity, what you will,
Your pardon for a sin, your act of grace
For a rebellion vanquished and undone,
The stone I once refused, that precious stone
Your friendship, so my thoughts may serve you still
Even if I never more behold your face.
Scheme | ABCBDCECEFGHCFG |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 111111101 1111011101 0111010101 101110101 01111101 0111111101 1101010111 1011111101 1111001111 1111110111 1101011111 1001010001 0111011101 1101111111 10111010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 614 |
Words | 123 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 488 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 121 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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