Analysis of Sonnet V. To The South Downs
Charlotte Smith 1749 (London) – 1806 (Tilford, Surrey)
AH! hills beloved!--where once, a happy child,
Your beechen shades, 'your turf, your flowers among,'
I wove your blue-bells into garlands wild,
And woke your echoes with my artless song.
Ah! hills beloved!--your turf, your flowers remain;
But can they peace to this sad breast restore,
For one poor moment soothe the sense of pain,
And teach a breaking heart to throb no more?
And you, Aruna!--in the vale below,
As to the sea your limpid waves you bear
Can you one kind Lethean cup bestow,
To drink a long oblivion to my care?
Ah! no!--when all, e'en Hope's last ray is gone,
There's no oblivion--but in death alone!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101110101 1111111001 111110111 011101111 11011111001 1111111101 1111010111 0101011111 01100101 110111111 11111101 11010100111 11111111111 11010010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 612 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 467 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 109 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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