Analysis of Honour
Ada Cambridge 1844 (St Germans, Norfolk) – 1926 (Melbourne)
Me let the world disparage and despise --
As one unfettered with its gilded chains,
As one untempted by its sordid gains,
Its pleasant vice, its profitable lies;
Let Justice, blind and halt and maimed, chastise
The rebel spirit surging in my veins,
Let the Law deal me penalties and pains
And make me hideous in my neighbours' eyes.
But let me fall not in mine own esteem,
By poor deceit or selfish greed debased.
Let me be clean from secret stain and shame,
Know myself true, though false as hell I seem --
Know myself worthy, howsoe'er disgraced --
Know myself right, though every tongue should blame.
Scheme | ABBAABBA CDECDE |
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Poetic Form | Petrarchan sonnet (93%) |
Metre | 1101010001 1101011101 11111101 1101110001 1101010101 0101010011 1011110001 0111000111 1111101101 1101110101 1111110101 111111111 1110101 1111100111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 635 |
Words | 110 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 237 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 54 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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