Analysis of Sonnet 85: I See The House
Sir Philip Sidney 1554 (Penshurst, Kent) – 1586 (Zutphen)
I see the house; my heart thyself contain,
Beware full sails drown not thy tott'ring barge,
Lest joy, by nature apt sprites to enlarge,
Thee to ty wrack beyond thy limits strain.
Nor do like lords, whose weak confused brain
Not pointing to fit folks each undercharge,
While every office themselves will discharge,
With doing all, leave nothing done but pain.
But give apt servants their due place: let eyes
See beauty's total sum summ'd in her face;
Let ears hear speech, which wit to wonder ties;
Let breath suck up those sweets; let arms embrace
The globe of weal, lips Love's indentures make:
Thou but of all the kingly tribute take.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110111101 011111111 1111011101 1111011101 111111011 11011111 11001001101 1101110111 1111011111 111011001 1111111101 1111111101 0111110101 1111010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 643 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 126 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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