Analysis of Sonnet LXIX
Charlotte Smith 1749 (London) – 1806 (Tilford, Surrey)
Written at the same place, on seeing a Seaman return
who had been imprisoned at Rochfort.
CLOUDS, gold and purple, o'er the western ray
Threw a bright veil, and catching lights between,
Fell on the glancing sail, that we had seen
With soft, but adverse winds, throughout the day
Contending vainly: as the vessel nears,
Increasing numbers hail it from the shore;
Lo! on the deck a pallid form appears,
Half wondering to behold himself once more
Approach his home--And now he can discern
His cottage thatch amid surrounding trees;
Yet, trembling, dreads lest sorrow or disease
Await him there, embittering his return:
But all he loves are safe; with heart elate,
Though poor and plunder'd, he absolves his fate!
Scheme | ABCDDBEFEFAGGABB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10101111001001 11101011 11010100101 1011010101 1101011111 1110110101 0101010101 0101011101 1101010101 11001010111 0111011101 1101010101 11001110101 01111101 1111111101 1101010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 703 |
Words | 122 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 563 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 120 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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