Analysis of Astrophel And Stella-First Song
Sir Philip Sidney 1554 (Penshurst, Kent) – 1586 (Zutphen)
Doubt you to whom my Muse these notes intendeth,
Which now my breast o'ercharged to music lendeth?
To you, to you, all song of praise is due;
Only in you my song begins and endeth.
Who hath the eyes which marry state with pleasure?
Who keeps the key of Nature's chiefest treasure?
To you, to you, all song of praise is due;
Only for you the heaven forgat all measure.
Who hath the lips where wit in fairness reigneth?
Who womankind at once both decks and staineth?
To you, to you, all song of praise is due;
Only by you Cupid his crown maintaineth.
Who hath the feet whose step all sweetness planteth?
Who else, for whom Fame worthy trumpets wanteth?
To you, to you, all song of praise is due;
Only to you her sceptre Venus granteth.
Who hath the breast whose milk doth passions nourish?
Whose grace is such that when it chides doth cherish?
To you, to you, all song of praise is due;
Only through you the tree of life doth flourish.
Who hath the hand which without stroke subdueth?
Who long-dead beauty with increase reneweth?
To you, to you, all song of praise is due;
Only at you all envy hopeless rueth.
Who hath the hair which, loosest, fastest tieth?
Who makes a man live then glad when he dieth?
To you, to you, all song of praise is due;
Only of you the flatterer never lieth.
Who hath the voice which soul from senses sunders?
Whose force but yours the bolts of beauty thunders?
To you, to you, all song of praise is due;
Only with you not miracles are wonders.
Doubt you to whom my Muse these notes intendeth,
Which now my breast o'ercharged to music lendeth?
To you, to you, all song of praise is due;
Only in you my song begins and endeth.
Scheme | AABA ccBc aaBa aaBa ddBd aaBa aaBa eeB e AABA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111111 111111101 1111111111 1001110101 11011101110 1101110110 1111111111 10110101110 1101110101 11111101 1111111111 101110111 1101111101 1111110101 1111111111 1011010101 11011111010 11111111110 1111111111 10110111110 110110111 111101011 1111111111 1011110101 110111101 1101111111 1111111111 101101101 1101111101 11110111010 1111111111 10111100110 111111111 111111101 1111111111 1001110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,624 |
Words | 314 |
Sentences | 26 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 1, 4 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 128 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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