Analysis of Sonnet XVI. To Earl Stanhope
Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772 (Ottery St Mary) – 1834 (Highgate)
Not, Stanhope! with the Patriot's doubtful name
I mock thy worth -- Friend of the human race
Since scorning Faction's low and partial aim,
Aloof thou wendest in thy stately pace,
Thyself redeeming from that leprous stain,
Nobility: and aye unterrified,
Pourest thine Abdiel warnings on the train
That sit complotting with rebellious pride
'Gaint her, who from the Almighty's bosom leapt
With whirlwind arm, fierce Minister of Love!
Wherefore, ere Virtue o'er thy tomb hath wept,
Angels shall lead thee to the Throne above:
And thou from forth its clouds shall hear the voice,
Champion of Freedom and her God! rejoice!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010100101 1111110101 11110101 011101101 10101111 0100011 11110101 11110101 101101101 111110011 1110101111 1011110101 0111111101 10011000101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 613 |
Words | 104 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 493 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 102 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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