Analysis of Esther, A Sonnet Sequence: XLVI
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)
Not so my little sponsor. She, with eyes
Proudly unconscious of my fool's display,
Talked volubly to all and scorned disguise,
While Madame Blanche herself, no less than they,
Smiled us a welcome, and with upraised hands
Disclaimed excuse and led us straightway through
To an inner room as to a Conference.
There I first saw to my amazement new
That fair white mystery, a woman's dress,
And heard its language spoken. Stuffs were brought
And cards unrolled before us, braids and lace
Lauded and handled and their merits taught
To ears that listened and to eyes that saw
Their secret sense, the law within the law.
Scheme | ABABCDEDFGHGII |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111010111 101011101 11110101 1101011111 110100111 010101111 11101110100 1111110101 1111000101 0111010101 011011101 1001001101 1111001111 1101010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 608 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 491 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 107 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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