Analysis of Sonnet LXXI.
Charlotte Smith 1749 (London) – 1806 (Tilford, Surrey)
Written at Weymouth in winter.
THE chill waves whiten in the sharp North-east;
Cold, cold the night-blast comes, with sullen sound,
And black and gloomy, like my cheerless breast:
Frowns the dark pier and lonely sea-view round.
Yet a few months--and on the peopled strand
Pleasure shall all her varied forms display;
Nymphs lightly tread the bright reflecting sand,
And proud sails whiten all the summer bay:
Then, from these winds that whistle keen and bleak,
Music's delightful melodies shall float
O'er the blue waters; but 'tis mine to seek
Rather, some unfrequented shade, remote
From sights and sounds of gaiety--I mourn
All that gave me delight--Ah! never to return
Scheme | ABCDCEFEFGHGHIJ |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 10110010 0111000111 1101111101 010101111 1011010111 1011010101 1011010101 1101010101 0111010101 1111110101 1001010011 10011011111 1011101 11011111 111101110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 667 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 534 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 110 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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