Analysis of Sonnet (II)
George Herbert 1593 (Montgomery) – 1633 (Bemerton)
Sure Lord, there is enough in thee to dry
Oceans of Ink ; for, as the Deluge did
Cover the Earth, so doth thy Majesty :
Each Cloud distills thy praise, and doth forbid
Poets to turn it to another use.
Roses and Lillies speak thee ; and to make
A pair of Cheeks of them, is thy abuse.
Why should I Womens eyes for Chrystal take?
Such poor invention burns in their low mind,
Whose fire is wild, and doth not upward go
To praise, and on thee Lord, some Ink bestow.
Open the bones, and you shall nothing find
In the best face but filth, when Lord, in thee
The beauty lies, in the discovery
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111010111 1011110101 1001111100 1101110101 1011110101 100111011 0111111101 111111101 1101010111 11011011101 1101111101 1001011101 0011111101 0101000100 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 619 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 449 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 117 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 16, 2023
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