Analysis of Sonnet 132: Thine eyes I love, and they, as pitying me
William Shakespeare 1564 (Stratford-upon-Avon) – 1616 (Stratford-upon-Avon)
Thine eyes I love, and they, as pitying me,
Knowing thy heart torment me with disdain,
Have put on black, and loving mourners be,
Looking with pretty ruth upon my pain.
And truly not the morning sun of heaven
Better becomes the grey cheeks of the east,
Nor that full star that ushers in the even
Doth half that glory to the sober west
As those two mourning eyes become thy face.
O, let it then as well beseem thy heart
To mourn for me since mourning doth thee grace,
And suit thy pity like in every part.
Then will I swear beauty herself is black,
And all they foul that thy complexion lack.
| Scheme | ABABCDEFGHGHII |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110111001 101111101 1111010101 1011010111 01010101110 1001011101 11111100010 1111010101 1111010111 111111111 1111110111 01110101001 1111100111 0111110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 594 |
| Words | 116 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 464 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 114 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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