Analysis of Sonnet 49: Against that time, if ever that time come
William Shakespeare 1564 (Stratford-upon-Avon) – 1616 (Stratford-upon-Avon)
Against that time, if ever that time come,
When I shall see thee frown on my defects,
When as thy love hath cast his utmost sum,
Called to that audit by advised respects;
Against that time when thou shalt strangely pass,
And scarcely greet me with that sun, thine eye,
When love, converted from the thing it was,
Shall reasons find of settled gravity—
Against that time do I ensconce me here
Within the knowledge of mine own desart,
And this my hand, against myself uprear,
To guard the lawful reasons on thy part.
To leave poor me thou hast the strength of laws,
Since why to love I can allege no cause.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111110111 1111111110 111111111 1111010101 0111111101 0101111111 1101010111 1101110100 0111110111 010101111 01110111 1101010111 1111110111 1111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 609 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 475 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 113 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 11, 2023
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