Analysis of Sonnet XXIV
Louise Labe 1525 (Lyon) – 1566 (Lyon)
Do not reproach me, Ladies, if I've loved
And felt a thousand torches burn my veins,
A thousand griefs, a thousand biting pains
And all my days to bitter tears dissolved.
Thus, Ladies, do not denigrate my name.
If I did wrong, the pain and punishment
Are now. Don't file their daggers to a point.
You must know, Love is master of the game:
No need of Vulcan to explain your fire,
Nor of Adonis to excuse your desire,
But with less cause and far less occasion,
As the whim takes her, idly she can curse
You with a stronger and stranger passion.
But take care your suffering is not worse !
| Scheme | XAAX BXXB CCD EDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101110111 0101010111 0101010101 0111110101 110111011 1111010100 1111110101 1111110101 11110101110 110101011010 1111011010 1011010111 1101001010 1111100111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 582 |
| Words | 113 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 114 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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