Esther, A Sonnet Sequence: XXXVIII
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)
``I do not doubt it. You have a look of truth
Which is beyond suspicion. But the world
Is as full of knaves as fools. You have your youth
And I my wisdom. Then your head is curled
Just as I like it, and your face is smooth,
And it can blush like your red innocent hands.
I saw it in an instant in the booth
That we should know each other and be friends.
It does not do to question. Look at me.
I am not pretty, yet the world's best sense
Has raved about my beauty foolishly
These five years past in every mood and tense!
Say. Would you like we should be friends for good?''
Not knowing what I said, I said I would.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABABCDAEFGFGHH |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 609 |
Words | 130 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
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