Analysis of Sonnet LV
Edmund Spenser 1552 (London) – 1599 (London)
SO oft as I her beauty doe behold,
And therewith doe her cruelty compare:
I maruaile of what substance was the mould
the which her made attonce so cruell faire.
Not earth; for her high thoghts more heauenly are,
not water; for her loue doth burne like fyre:
not ayre; for she is not so light or rare,
not fyre; for she doth friese with faint desire.
Then needs another Element inquire
whereof she mote be made; that is the skye.
for to the heauen her haughty lookes aspire:
and eke her mind is pure immortall hye.
Then sith to heauen ye lykened are the best,
be lyke in mercy as in all the rest:
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Metre | 1111010101 01101001 111110101 01011111 111011111 1101011111 1111111111 11111111010 1101010001 111111101 1101010101 01011110 111111101 1101010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 590 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 464 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 115 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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