Esther, A Sonnet Sequence: XLII
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)
And so we went our way,--yes, hand in hand,
Like two lost children in some magic wood
Baffled and baffling with enchanter's wand
The various beasts that crossed us and withstood.
Each step was an experience. Every mood
Of that fair woman a fresh gospelling,
Which spoke aloud to me and stirred my blood
To a new faith, I knew not with what sting.
One thing alone I knew or cared to know,
Her strange companionship thus strangely won.
The past, the future, all of weal or woe
In my old life was gone, for ever gone.
And still to this I clung as one who clings
To hope's last hencoop in the wreck of things.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCBDEFEGHGIJJ |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 600 |
Words | 119 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
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