Analysis of Sonnet XX. To The Countess Od A----
Charlotte Smith 1749 (London) – 1806 (Tilford, Surrey)
Written on the anniversary of her marriage.
ON this blest day may no dark cloud, or shower,
With envious shade the Sun's bright influence hide!
But all his rays illume the favour'd hour,
That saw thee, Mary!--Henry's lovely bride!
With years revolving may it still arise,
Blest with each good approving Heaven can send!
And still, with ray serene, shall those blue eyes
Enchant the husband, and attach the friend!
For you fair Friendship's amaranth shall blow,
And love's own thornless roses bind your brow;
And when--long hence--to happier worlds you go,
Your beauteous race shall be what you are now!
And future Nevills through long ages shine,
With hearts as good, and forms as fair as thine!
Scheme | X ABABCDCDEFEFGG |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 101001001010 11111111110 110010111001 111110110 1111010101 1101011101 11110101011 0111011111 0101000101 11111011 011110111 01111100111 111111111 0101011101 1111011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 690 |
Words | 121 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 14 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 273 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 59 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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