This is an analysis of Esther, A Sonnet Sequence: Xxxvi by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt.

She watched me curiously with mocking eyes,
Yet tenderly, till once again her mirth…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdeeeXff
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 11110000101 1100110101 0100110101 1011110111 1111110101 1111010101 0100011111 1001111111 1101111101 1101011111 1011010110001 10111110000 1111110101 0101111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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