Analysis of Sonnet 106: Oh Absent Presence
Sir Philip Sidney 1554 (Penshurst, Kent) – 1586 (Zutphen)
Oh absent presence, Stella is not here;
False flattering Hope, that with so fair a face
Bare me in hand, that in this orphan place,
Stella, I say my Stella, should appear:
What sayest thou now? Where is that dainty cheer
Thou toldst mine eyes should help their famish'd case?
But thou art gone, now that self felt disgrace
Doth make me most to wish my comfort near.
But here I do store of fair ladies meet,
Who may with charm of conversation sweet
Make in my heavy mold new thought to grow:
Sure they prevail as much with me as he
That bade his friend, but then new maim'd, to be
Merry with him, and not think of his woe.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101010111 11001111101 1101101101 1011110101 1111111101 1111111101 1111111101 1111111101 1111111101 111110101 1011011111 1101111111 1111111111 1011011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 629 |
Words | 123 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 20, 2023
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