Analysis of Sonnet I
Louise Labe 1525 (Lyon) – 1566 (Lyon)
What if the hero of the Odyssey
Had been like you, a man that's fair of face ?
Would he have had that easy-mannered grace,
Yet be the cause of so much agony ?
At any rate, your roving ways are sure
To make me count the weeks we've been apart,
And open gaping wounds within my heart,
This ailing heart which you alone can cure.
O ill-starred fate! A scorpion sting
Eats at my heart. I need a remedy
From the malicious beast that poisoned me.
I beg you, dear, just stop my suffering.
Come back to your true love, and let me lie
Clasped in your arms again, or let me die.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101010100 1111011111 1111110101 1101111100 1101110111 1111011101 0101010111 1101110111 111101001 1111110100 1001011101 1111111100 1111110111 1011011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 563 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 20, 2023
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