This is an analysis of A Perfect Sonnet by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt.

Oh, for a perfect sonnet of all time!
Wild music, heralding immortal hopes,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXaXacdcdbb
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1100110011 1101000101 1011100011 1101111101 110011100110 0101010101 1100111110 1001001101 1011010101 1001001101 1111000101 1011111101 1101011101 1011111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14