Analysis of Sonnet 55: Muses, I Oft Invoked
Sir Philip Sidney 1554 (Penshurst, Kent) – 1586 (Zutphen)
Muses, I oft invoked your hold aid,
With choicest flow'rs my speech t'engarland so
That it, despis'd in true by naked show,
Might win some grace in your sweet grace array'd.
And oft whole troops of saddest words I stay'd,
Striving abroad a-foraging to go;
Until by your inspiring I might know
How their black banner might be best display'd.
But now I mean no more your help to try,
Nor other sug'ring of my speech to prove,
But on her name incessantly to cry:
For let me but name her whom I do love
So sweet sounds straight mine ear and heart do hit,
That I well find no eloquence like it.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101101111 11011111 1101011101 1111011101 0111110111 1001010011 0111010111 1111011101 1111111111 110111111 1101010011 1111101111 1111110111 1111110011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 597 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 114 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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