Analysis of A Sonnet By Sir Edward Dyer
Sir Philip Sidney 1554 (Penshurst, Kent) – 1586 (Zutphen)
Prometheus, when first from heaven high
He brought down fire, till then on earth not seen;
Fond of delight, a satyr, standing by,
Gave it a kiss, as it like sweet had been.
Feeling forthwith the other burning power,
Wood with the smart, with shouts and shrieking shrill,
He sought his ease in river, field, and bower;
But, for the time, his grief went with him still.
So silly I, with that unwonted sight,
In human shape an angel from above,
Feeding mine eyes, th' impression there did light;
That since I run and rest as pleaseth love:
The difference is, the satyr's lips, my heart,
He for a while, I evermore, have smart.
Scheme | AXAX BCBC DEDEFF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111101 11110111111 110101101 1101111111 10110101010 1101110101 11110101010 1101111111 11011111 0101110101 101111010111 111101111 0100101111 110111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 616 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 160 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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