Analysis of Sonnet 37: As a decrepit father takes delight
William Shakespeare 1564 (Stratford-upon-Avon) – 1616 (Stratford-upon-Avon)
As a decrepit father takes delight
To see his active child do deeds of youth,
So I, made lame by Fortune's dearest spite,
Take all my comfort of thy worth and truth.
For whether beauty, birth, or wealth, or wit,
Or any of these all, or all, or more,
Entitled in thy parts, do crownèd sit,
I make my love engrafted to this store.
So then I am not lame, poor, nor despised,
Whilst that this shadow doth such substance give
That I in thy abundance am sufficed
And by a part of all thy glory live.
Look what is best, that best I wish in thee.
This wish I have; then ten times happy me!
| Scheme | ABABCDCDEFGHII |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1001010101 1111011111 1111110101 1111011101 1101011111 1101111111 0100111111 11111111 1111111101 111111101 1101010101 0101111101 1111111101 1111111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 585 |
| Words | 118 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 442 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 116 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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