Analysis of My True Love Hath My Heart, And I Have His
Sir Philip Sidney 1554 (Penshurst, Kent) – 1586 (Zutphen)
My true-love hath my heart, and I have his,
By just exchange, one for the other giv'n.
I hold his dear, and mine he cannot miss;
There never was a better bargain driv'n.
His heart in me keeps me and him in one,
My heart in him his thoughts and senses guides;
He loves my heart, for once it was his own;
I cherish his, because in me it bides.
His heart his wound received from my sight:
My heart was wounded with his wounded heart;
For as from me, on him his hurt did light,
So still me thought in me his hurt did smart:
Both equal hurt, in this change sought our bliss:
My true love hath my heart and I have his.
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111110111 1101110101 1111011101 1101010101 1101110101 1101110101 1111111111 1101010111 111101111 1111011101 1111111111 1111011111 11010111101 1111110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 607 |
| Words | 127 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 464 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 125 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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