The Hay Wain - Sonnet
"The Hay Wain, by John Constable, 1821,
Shakespearean Sonnet
Around the midst of noon the Hay wain led
and neap tide of the Stour shall make its way
The Irish setter whom once hath them sped,
Shall first then firmly pledge alert each day.
The hay wain with its widened eye espouse
Among Fagales, where aft the washer whose,
Dispersion she aerates with soothing dowse,
That life maintains the balance, win or lose.
At right-field of a scene the dirge who might,
Have given off its musings, may have done?
A dowager who might be shows its slight
May seem so very blurred, a hay wain shun.
Loud rings to Suffolk’s Stour, the river hast
Declined, this be aigrette shall hath outlast.
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Submitted by Titus_Llewellyn on May 19, 2021
Modified on April 11, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | X A B A B X C X C D E D E F F |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 697 |
Words | 123 |
Stanzas | 15 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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