Esther, A Sonnet Sequence: XIV
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)
Me, too, she doubtless read. For, with her hand
Raised as for help and pointing to a chair,
She bade me, with a gesture, part command
And part entreaty, I would set her there.
She could not see, she said, the Queen of Love
My eyes so coveted, and laughed and laid
Upon my lips the fingers of her glove
When I protested at the words she said.
I hardly know how it all came about
But did her bidding as she would, and she
From her new vantage bore the humour out
And mocked the more at each new mockery.
And still she held my arm and I her dress,
``Lest she should fall,'' she said, in waywardness.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABABCDCEFGFGHH |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 591 |
Words | 122 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
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