Analysis of A New Pilgrimage: Sonnet XXVII
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)
The poets, every one, have sung of passion.
But which has sung of friendship, man with man?
Love seeks its price, but friendship has a fashion
Larger to give, and of less selfish plan.
The world grows old. From Beersheba to Dan
We find all barren, ruby lips grown ashen,
Hearts hard with years--and only Jonathan
Weeping with David o'er a ruined nation.
Then in the depth of days and our despair,
We count our treasures, if so be remain
Some loving letters, rings and locks of hair.
Nay, mourn not love. These only are not vain,
Your manlier wounds, when in the front you stood,
For a friend's sake and your sworn Brotherhood.
Scheme | ABABBAAACDCDEE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010100111110 1111110111 11111101010 1011011101 01111111 11110101110 1111010100 101101001010 10011101001 11101011101 1101010111 1111110111 111100111 101101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 621 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 487 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 114 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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