Analysis of Sonnet XXXIV: Charm'd by Thy Suffrage
Charlotte Smith 1749 (London) – 1806 (Tilford, Surrey)
Charm'd by thy suffrage, shall I yet aspire
(All inauspicious as my fate appears,
By troubles darken'd, that encrease with years,)
To guide the crayon, or to touch the lyre?
Ah me!---the sister Muses still require
A spirit free from all intrusive fears,
Nor will they deign to wipe away the tears
Of vain regret, that dim their sacred fire.
But when thy envied sanction crowns my lays,
A ray of pleasure lights my languid mind,
For well I know the value of thy praise;
And to how few, the flattering meed confin'd,
That thou,---their highly favour'd brows to bind,
Wilt weave green myrtle, and unfading bays!
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Metre | 1111011101 101011101 110101111 110111101 1101010110 0101110101 1111110101 11011111010 1111010111 0111011101 1111010111 01110100101 111101111 11110011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 604 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 471 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 107 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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