This is an analysis of the poem Esther, A Sonnet Sequence: Lvi that begins with:
Who has not wept with Manon? Of all tales
That thrill youth's fancy or to tears or mirth... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdaeaedd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Metre: 1111001011 1111010111 1100111101 11001010101 1111001001 1001001101 1001010101 01110000101 1111000101 1101101101 1111010101 1111010111 1111111101 1111110001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 618
- Average number of words per stanza: 123
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, her, and, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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More information about poems by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
- Analysis of Esther, A Sonnet Sequence: Vi
- Analysis of Esther, A Sonnet Sequence: Xiv
- Analysis of Esther, A Sonnet Sequence: Xix