Analysis of Sonnet to the Moon
Helen Maria Williams 1761 (London) – 1827
The glitt'ring colours of the day are fled;
Come, melancholy orb! that dwell'st with night,
Come! and o'er earth thy wand'ring lustre shed,
Thy deepest shadow, and thy softest light;
To me congenial is the gloomy grove,
When with faint light the sloping uplands shine;
That gloom, those pensive rays alike I love,
Whose sadness seems in sympathy with mine!
But most for this, pale orb! thy beams are dear,
For this, benignant orb! I hail thee most:
That while I pour the unavailing tear,
And mourn that hope to me in youth is lost,
Thy light can visionary thoughts impart,
And lead the Muse to soothe a suff'ring heart.
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Metre | 01110111 1100111111 10101111101 110101101 1101010101 1111010101 1111010111 1101010011 1111111111 11111111 111100101 0111110111 111100101 010111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 614 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 482 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 110 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 16, 2023
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