Analysis of Sonetto II
Gaspara Stampa 1523 (Padua) – 1554 (Venice)
DEEPLY repentant of my sinful ways
And of my trivial, manifold desires,
Of squandering, alas, these few brief days
Of fugitive life in tending love's vain fires.
To Thee, Lord, Who dost move hard hearts again,
And render warmth unto the frozen snow,
And lighten every bitter load of pain
For those who with Thy sacred ardours glow,
To Thee I turn, O stretch forth Thy right hand
And from this whirlpool rescue me, for I
Without Thine aid could never reach the land;
O willingly for us didst suffer loss,
And to redeem mankind hung on the Cross,
O gentle Saviour, leave me not to die.
Scheme | ABABCDEDFGFHHG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001011101 01110010010 1100011111 110010101110 1111111101 0101100101 01010010111 111111011 1111111111 011110111 0111110101 1100111101 0101111101 110111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 594 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 459 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 107 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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