Analysis of Sonnet XXXVI.
Charlotte Smith 1749 (London) – 1806 (Tilford, Surrey)
SHOULD the lone wanderer, fainting on his way,
Rest for a moment of the sultry hours,
And though his path through thorns and roughness lay,
Pluck the wild rose, or woodbine's gadding flowers,
Weaving gay wreaths beneath some sheltering tree,
The sense of sorrow he awhile may lose;
So have I sought thy flowers, fair Poesy!
So charm'd my way with Friendship and the Muse.
But darker now grows life's unhappy day,
Dark with new clouds of evil yet to come,
Her pencil sickening Fancy throws away,
And weary Hope reclines upon the tomb;
And points my wishes to that tranquil shore,
Where the pale spectre Care pursues no more.
Scheme | ABABCDBDAEAFGG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10110010111 11010101010 0111110101 1011111010 10110111001 0111010111 111111011 1111110001 1101110101 1111110111 01010010101 0101010101 0111011101 1011010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 618 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 494 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 110 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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