Analysis of Natalia’s Resurrection: Sonnet XXVII

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)



She wakes, she breathes, she rises from her bed,
That bed of death where she has lain so long;
The flowers they set there fall from her fair head
Withered, while she, sweet soul, has known no wrong.
Forth from her grave miraculously white,
And all unstained by the dull earth's decay,
Natalia rises, a last star of night,
Just as the dawn is breaking into day.
Upon the stones they kneeled them down and prayed,
For hearts grow soft with a long danger past,
And both were young and for a while dismayed
At their great joy nor deemed they held it fast;
Then, having kissed and wept, they turned to go
Through the dark church with faltering steps and slow.


Scheme ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Poetic Form Shakespearean sonnet 
Metre 1111110101 1111111111 01011111011 1011111111 1101010001 0101101101 0101001111 1101110011 0101111101 1111101101 0101010101 1111111111 1101011111 10111100101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 649
Words 124
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 37
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 513
Words per stanza (avg) 122
Font size:
 

Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

37 sec read
60

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt was an English poet and writer. more…

All Wilfrid Scawen Blunt poems | Wilfrid Scawen Blunt Books

0 fans

Discuss this Wilfrid Scawen Blunt poem analysis with the community:

0 Comments

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "Natalia’s Resurrection: Sonnet XXVII" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 11 Jun 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/38790/natalia%E2%80%99s-resurrection%3A--sonnet-xxvii>.

    Become a member!

    Join our community of poets and poetry lovers to share your work and offer feedback and encouragement to writers all over the world!

    June 2024

    Poetry Contest

    Join our monthly contest for an opportunity to win cash prizes and attain global acclaim for your talent.
    19
    days
    13
    hours
    15
    minutes

    Special Program

    Earn Rewards!

    Unlock exciting rewards such as a free mug and free contest pass by commenting on fellow members' poems today!

    Browse Poetry.com

    Quiz

    Are you a poetry master?

    »
    The long poem “The Waste Land” was written by which poet?
    A T. S. Eliot
    B W. H. Auden
    C C. S Lewis
    D Emma Lazarus