Analysis of Sonnet- To Zante
Edgar Allan Poe 1809 (Boston) – 1849 (Baltimore)
Fair isle, that from the fairest of all flowers,
Thy gentlest of all gentle names dost take!
How many memories of what radiant hours
At sight of thee and thine at once awake!
How many scenes of what departed bliss!
How many thoughts of what entombed hopes!
How many visions of a maiden that is
No more- no more upon thy verdant slopes!
No more! alas, that magical sad sound
Transforming all! Thy charms shall please no more-
Thy memory no more! Accursed ground
Henceforth I hold thy flower-enameled shore,
O hyacinthine isle! O purple Zante!
"Isola d'oro! Fior di Levante!"
Scheme | ABABCDEDFGFGFF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110101110 11001110111 1101001110010 1111011101 1101110101 110111011 11010101011 1111011101 1101110011 0101111111 11001111 11111100101 1111101 010110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 660 |
Words | 104 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 451 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 101 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 03, 2023
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