Analysis of Sonnet II

George Gascoigne 1535 (Cardington) – 1577



Before mine eye, to feed my greedy will,
'Gan muster eke mine old acquainted mates,
Who helped the dish (of vain delight) to fill
My empty mouth with dainty delicates;
And foolish boldness took the whip in hand
To lash my life into this trustless trace,
Till all in haste I leapt a loof from land
And hoist up sail to catch a Courtly grace.
Each lingering day did seem a world of woe,
Till in that hapless haven my head was brought;
Waves of wanhope so tossed me to and fro
In deep despair to drown my dreadful thought;
Each hour a day, each day a year, did seem
And every year a world my will did deem.


Scheme ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Poetic Form Shakespearean sonnet 
Metre 0111111101 1101110101 1101110111 11011101 0101010101 111101111 1101110111 0111110101 11001110111 10110101111 111111101 0101111101 11001110111 01001011111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 611
Words 121
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 470
Words per stanza (avg) 119
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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George Gascoigne

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