Analysis of Sonnet 109: O, never say that I was false of heart
William Shakespeare 1564 (Stratford-upon-Avon) – 1616 (Stratford-upon-Avon)
O, never say that I was false of heart,
Though absence seemed my flame to qualify.
As easy might I from my self depart
As from my soul which in thy breast doth lie.
That is my home of love; if I have ranged,
Like him that travels I return again,
Just to the time, not with the time exchanged,
So that myself bring water for my stain.
Never believe though in my nature reigned
All frailties that besiege all kinds of blood,
That it could so preposterously be stained
To leave for nothing all thy sum of good;
For nothing this wide universe I call
Save thou, my rose, in it thou art my all.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101111111 110111110 1101111101 1111101111 1111111111 1111010101 1101110101 111110111 1001101101 1101011111 1111111 1111011111 110111011 1111011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 591 |
Words | 118 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 458 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 116 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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