Analysis of Sonnet
Alice Duer Miller 1874 (New York) – 1942 (New York)
DEAR, if you love me, hold me most your friend,
Chosen from out the many who would bear
Your gladness gladly - heavily your care;
Who best can sympathize, best comprehend,
Where others fail; who, breathless to the end,
Follows your tale of joy or of despair:
Hold me your counsellor, because I dare
To lift my hand to guide you, that I lend
My love to help you. And I would you knew
That I am fair enough to win men's hearts,
If so I willed; yet honor me above
All other women, since I am too true
To trap you with my sex's smaller arts.
Deem me all these, but love me as your love.
| Scheme | ABBAABBACDECDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111111111 1011010111 111010011 11110101 1101110101 1011111101 1111000111 1111111111 1111101111 1111011111 1111110101 1101011111 111111101 1111111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 582 |
| Words | 119 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 444 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 117 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 21, 2023
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