Analysis of Sonnet 25: Let those who are in favour with their stars
William Shakespeare 1564 (Stratford-upon-Avon) – 1616 (Stratford-upon-Avon)
Let those who are in favour with their stars
Of public honour and proud titles boast,
Whilst I, whom fortune of such triumph bars,
Unlooked for joy in that I honour most.
Great princes' favourites their fair leaves spread,
But as the marigold at the sun's eye,
And in themselves their pride lies burièd,
For at a frown they in their glory die.
The painful warrior famousèd for fight,
After a thousand victories once foiled,
Is from the book of honour razèd quite,
And all the rest forgot for which he toiled.
Then happy I that love and am beloved
Where I may not remove nor be removed.
| Scheme | ABABCDEDFGFGHI |
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101111 110101101 1111011101 11101111 11011111 110101011 0001111101 1101101101 01010010111 1001010011 110111111 0101011111 1101110101 1111011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 591 |
| Words | 110 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 460 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 108 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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