Analysis of Sonnet XXXVII
Edmund Spenser 1552 (London) – 1599 (London)
WHat guyle is this, that those her golden tresses,
She doth attyre vnder a net of gold:
and with sly skill so cunningly them dresses,
that which is gold or heare, may scarse be told?
Is it that mens frayle eyes, which gaze too bold,
she may entangle in that golden snare:
and being caught may craftily enfold,
theyr weaker harts, which are not wel aware?
Take heed therefore, myne eyes, how ye doe stare
henceforth too rashly on that guilefull net,
in which is euer ye entrapped are,
out of her bands ye by no meanes shall get.
Fondnesse it were for any being free,
to couet fetters, though they golden bee.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111101010 11110111 011111110 1111111111 1111111111 1101001101 01011101 1101111101 111111111 11111111 01111011 1101111111 110110101 111011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 602 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 5 |
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 March 14, 2023
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