Analysis of Sonnet 75: Of All The Kings
Sir Philip Sidney 1554 (Penshurst, Kent) – 1586 (Zutphen)
Of all the kings that ever here did reign,
Edward nam'd Fourth, as first in praise I name;
Not for his fair outside, nor well-lin'd brain,
Although less gifts imp feathers oft on Fame:
Nor that he could young-wise, wise-valiant frame
His sire's revenge, join'd with a kingdom's gain;
And, gain'd by Mars, could yet mad Mars so tame,
That balance weigh'd what sword did late obtain;
Nor that he made the Flow'r-de-luce so 'fraid,
Though strongly hedg'd of bloody Lion's paws,
That witty Lewis to him a tribute paid;
Nor this, nor that, nor any such small cause,
But only for this worthy knight durst prove
To lose his crown, rather than fail his love.
Scheme | ABAB BABA CXC XXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101110111 1011110111 1111111111 111110111 1111111101 1101110101 0111111111 1101111101 11110111111 1101110101 11010110101 1111110111 1101110111 1111101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 658 |
Words | 118 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 125 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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