Sonnet VIII
Louise Labe 1525 (Lyon) – 1566 (Lyon)
I live, I burn, I drown and I die
I endure at once chill and cold;
Life is too hard and too soft to hold;
I am joyful and sad, don't ask me why.
Suddenly I laugh and at the same time cry
And as I'm happy I must endure grief,
It lasts forever and goes like a thief,
Suddenly I bloom and vanish into sigh.
Thus I suffer Amors' inconstancy
And when I think I am in great pain,
Without thinking, it is gone again.
Then when my joy is a certainty
And my longing for love is not in vain,
I am in pain all over once again.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABBA ACCA DEF DEF |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 510 |
Words | 112 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3 |
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