The Musidora Sonnet
Arthur Willis Colton's "The Musidora Sonnet" is a poem that explores the themes of love, beauty, and the power of art to transcend time and space. The sonnet is structured around the traditional 14-line form, with a rhyme scheme of ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. Please provide your question or request related to this poem, and I will respond directly and concisely without any preambles, explanations, greetings, or follow-ups.
By Arthur Willis Colton · First published 1920 · Genre: Poetry, Romance, Historical · 5,630 words
First lines
THE clock in some invisible steeple struck one. The great snowflakes fell thickly, wavering and shrinking, delicate, barren seeds, conscious of their unfruitfulness. The sputter of the arc lights seemed explosive to the muffled silence of the street. With a bright corner at either end, the block was a canon, a passage in a nether world of lurking ghosts, where a frightened gaslight trembled, hesitated midway. And Noel Endicott conceived suddenly, between curb and curb, a sonnet, to be entitled "Dante in Tenth Street," the appearance of it occupying, in black letter, a half page in the _Monthly Illustrated_, a gloomy pencilling above, and below it "Noel Endicott." The noiselessness of his steps enlarged his imagination.
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Arthur Willis Colton
- Date: 1920 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Poetry, Romance, Historical
- Length: 5,630 words
- Structure: 1 section, 95 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Fairly Easy (7th Grade)
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Genres
- Poetry — The title suggests the text is a 'Sonnet', a form of poetry. Also, Arthur Willis Colton is known for his contributions to Poetry genre.
- Romance — The title implies a focus on a person named 'Musidora', which is often a female character in romantic works.
- Historical — Musidora is an uncommon name which could suggest a historical setting or context. Arthur Willis Colton is also known for creating historical narratives in his works.
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