This is an analysis of A New Pilgrimage: Sonnet Xxxvi by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt.

The majesty of Rome to me is nought;
The imperial story of her conquering car…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XabaababXbXbcc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0100010101 0010010001001 10110001001 1011010101 0100010111 1011010101 00110101101 1111010101 0101011111 1100110011 1101010100 1101110001 0111111101 01010101011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Anaphora

the, and