Analysis of Sonnet XXII. By The Same. To Solitude.
Charlotte Smith 1749 (London) – 1806 (Tilford, Surrey)
OH, Solitude! to thy sequester'd vale
I come to hide my sorrow and my tears,
And to thy echoes tell the mournful tale
Which scarce I trust to pitying Friendship's ears.
Amidst thy wild-woods, and untrodden glades,
No sounds but those of melancholy move;
And the low winds that die among thy shades,
Seem like soft Pity's sighs for hopeless love.
And sure some story of despair and pain,
In yon deep copse, thy murm'ring doves relate;
And, Hark! methinks in that long plaintive strain,
Thine own sweet songstress weeps my wayward fate;
Ah, Nymph! that fate assist me to endure,
And bear awhile--what death alone can cure!
Scheme | ABACDEDFGHGHII |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110110101 1111110011 0111010101 1111110011 01111011 111111001 0011110111 111111101 0111010101 011111101 011011101 111111101 1111011101 0101110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 615 |
Words | 110 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 486 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 108 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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