Analysis of Sonnet 58: That god forbid, that made me first your slave
William Shakespeare 1564 (Stratford-upon-Avon) – 1616 (Stratford-upon-Avon)
That god forbid, that made me first your slave,
I should in thought control your times of pleasure,
Or at your hand th' account of hours to crave,
Being your vassal bound to stay your leisure!
O, let me suffer, being at your beck,
Th' imprisoned absence of your liberty,
And patience tame to sufferance, bide each check,
Without accusing you of injury.
Be where you list, your charter is so strong
That you your self may privilage your time
To what you will; to you it doth belong
Your self to pardon of self-doing crime.
I am to wait, though waiting so be hell,
Not blame your pleasure, be it ill or well.
Scheme | ABABCDCDEFEFGG |
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Poetic Form | Shakespearean sonnet (93%) |
Metre | 1101111111 11010111110 1111110111011 10110111110 1111010111 110101011100 010111111 0101011100 1111110111 11111111 1111111101 1111011101 1111110111 1111011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 609 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 471 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 114 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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