Analysis of Sonnet I

George Gascoigne 1535 (Cardington) – 1577



IN haste, post haste, when first my wandering mind
Beheld the glistring Court with gazing eye,
Such deep delights I seemed therein to find,
As might beguile a graver guest than I.
The stately pomp of Princes and their peers
Did seem to swim in floods of beaten gold;
The wanton world of young delightful year
Was not unlike a heaven for to behold,
Wherein did swarm (for every saint) a Dame
So fair of hue, so fresh of their attire,
As might excel Dame Cynthia for Fame,
Or conquer Cupid with his own desire.
These and such like baits that blazed still
Before mine eye, to feed my greedy will.


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Poetic Form
Metre 01111111001 10111101 1101110111 1101010111 0101110011 1111011101 0101110101 11010101101 01111100101 11111111010 1101110011 11010111010 10111111 0111111101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 601
Words 113
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 468
Words per stanza (avg) 111
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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George Gascoigne

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