Analysis of Sonnet 21: So is it not with me as with that muse
William Shakespeare 1564 (Stratford-upon-Avon) – 1616 (Stratford-upon-Avon)
So is it not with me as with that muse,
Stirred by a painted beauty to his verse,
Who heaven it self for ornament doth use
And every fair with his fair doth rehearse,
Making a couplement of proud compare
With sun and moon, with earth and sea's rich gems,
With April's first-born flowers, and all things rare
That heaven's air in this huge rondure hems.
O, let me, true in love, but truly write,
And then, believe me, my love is as fair
As any mother's child, though not so bright
As those gold candles fixed in heaven's air.
Let them say more that like of hearsay well;
I will not praise that purpose not to sell.
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Metre | 1111111111 1101010111 11011110011 01001111101 10011101 1101110111 11011100111 110101111 1111011101 0101111111 1101011111 1111010101 111111111 1111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 616 |
Words | 120 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 473 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 118 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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