Analysis of Sonnet LXXV.
Charlotte Smith 1749 (London) – 1806 (Tilford, Surrey)
WHERE the wild woods and pathless forests frown,
The darkling Pilgrim seeks his unknown way,
Till on the grass he throws him weary down,
To wait in broken sleep the dawn of day:
Through boughs just waving in the silent air,
With pale capricious light the summer moon
Chequers his humid couch; while Fancy there,
That loves to wanton in the night's deep noon,
Calls from the mossy roots and fountain edge
Fair visionary Nymphs that haunt the shade,
Or Naiads rising from the whispering sedge:
And, 'mid the beauteous group, his dear loved maid
Seems beckoning him with smiles to join the train:
Then, starting from his dream, he feels his woes again!
Scheme | ABABCDCDEFEFGH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101101101 011011011 1101111101 1101010111 1111000101 1101010101 111011101 1111000111 110110101 110011101 1110101001 010111111 11001111101 110111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 645 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 518 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 114 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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