Analysis of Sonnet I
Sir John Suckling 1609 – 1642
Dost see how unregarded now
That piece of beauty passes?
There was a time when I did vow
To that alone;
But mark the fate of faces;
The red and white works now no more on me
Than if it could not charm, or I not see.
And yet the face continues good,
And I have still desires,
Am still the selfsame flesh and blood,
As apt to melt
And suffer from those fires;
Oh some kind pow'r unriddle where it lies,
Whether my heart be faulty, or her eyes?
She ev'ry day her man does kill,
And I as often die;
Neither her power then, nor my will
Can question'd be.
What is the mystery?
Sure beauty's empires, like to greater states,
Have certain periods set, and hidden fates.
Scheme | ABAXBCC XDXXDEE FXFCCGG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111 1111010 11011111 1101 1101110 0101111111 1111111111 01010101 0111010 1101101 1111 0101110 111111111 1011110101 1110111 011101 100101111 1101 110100 1110011101 11010010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 709 |
Words | 132 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 169 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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