Analysis of Sonnet XLVII: To Fancy
Charlotte Smith 1749 (London) – 1806 (Tilford, Surrey)
Thee, Queen of Shadows! -- shall I still invoke,
Still love the scenes thy sportive pencil drew,
When on mine eyes the early radiance broke
Which shew'd the beauteous rather than the true!
Alas! long since those glowing tints are dead,
And now 'tis thine in darkest hues to dress
The spot where pale Experience hangs her head
O'er the sad grave of murder'd Happiness!
Thro' thy false medium, then, no longer view'd,
May fancied pain and fancied pleasure fly,
And I, as from me all thy dreams depart,
Be to my wayward destiny subdued:
Nor seek perfection with a poet's eye,
Nor suffer anguish with a poet's heart!
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Metre | 111111101 110111101 11110101001 110110101 0111110111 0111010111 01110100101 10011110100 11110011101 1101010101 0111111101 1111010001 1101010101 1101010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 607 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 477 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 109 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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