Analysis of Sonnet 66: And Do I See Some Cause

Sir Philip Sidney 1554 (Penshurst, Kent) – 1586 (Zutphen)



And do I see some cause a hope to feed,
Or doth the tedious burden of long woe
In weaken'd minds, quick apprehension breed,
Of every image which may comfort show?

I cannot brag of word, much less of deed;
Fortune wheels still with me in one sort slow:
My wealth no more, and no whit less my need,
Desire still on the stilts of Fear doth go.

And yet amid all fears a hope there is
Stol'n to my heart, since last fair night, nay day,
Stella's eyes sent to me the beams of bliss,

Looking on me, while I look'd other way:
But when mine eyes back to their heav'n did move,
They fled with blush, which guilty seem'd of love.


Scheme ABAB ABAB XCX CXX
Poetic Form
Metre 0111110111 11010010111 010110101 11001011101 1101111111 1011110111 1111011111 01011011111 0101110111 11111111111 1011110111 1011111101 1111111111 1111110111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 625
Words 125
Sentences 4
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) 118
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Sir Philip Sidney

Sir Philip Sidney was an English poet, courtier, scholar and soldier who is remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan age. more…

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