Analysis of Sonnet XI. To Sleep
Charlotte Smith 1749 (London) – 1806 (Tilford, Surrey)
COME, balmy Sleep! tired nature's soft resort!
On these sad temples all thy poppies shed;
And bid gay dreams, from Morpheus' airy court,
Float in light vision round my aching head!
Secure of all thy blessings, partial Power!
On his hard bed the peasant throws him down;
And the poor sea-boy, in the rudest hour,
Enjoys thee more than he who wears a crown.
Clasp'd in her faithful shepherd's guardian arms,
Well may the village girl sweet slumbers prove;
And they, O gentle Sleep! still taste thy charms,
Who wake to labour, liberty, and love.
But still thy opiate aid dost thou deny
To calm the anxious breast; to close the streaming eye.
Scheme | ABABCDCDEFEGHH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011010101 1111011101 011111101 1011011101 01111101010 1111010111 00111001010 0111111101 10010101001 110101111 0111011111 111110001 11110011101 110101110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 634 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 498 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 113 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 13, 2023
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