Analysis of Sonnet # 53



Let me be true to feelings poor in wealth
And love the simple things we find in life:
Yes, like a child not rich but full of health,
A working man, a loving and faithful wife.
Let me be true to feelings humble in sense
And love those things in life free to acquire,
Like to behold the sky in size immense,
The pearly moon, the rose in tears admire.
Let me be true to feelings simple, man!
That no amount of wealth can buy true love.
And happiness with money's a sad plan
Like wish just a mere fly soar like the Dove.
Let me be true to feelings poor, my friend.
And then, my death on earth a happy end.


Scheme ABABCDCEFGFGHH
Poetic Form
Metre 1111110101 0101011101 1101111111 01010100101 11111101001 01110111010 1101010101 0101010101 1111110101 1101111111 0100110011 1110111101 1111110111 0111110101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 601
Words 132
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 462
Words per stanza (avg) 122
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Submitted by luisestable1 on September 03, 2023

Modified by luisestable1 on September 03, 2023

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Luis A Estable

Poet for more than twenty years; lives in Spokane, WA. Single and has no children. Writes poetry in several styles: sonnets, songs, haikus, children's verse, free style poetry and more. Has published three books of poems: Eighty-Three Sonnets, Book One," Religious, Thirty Sonnets," "My Mind Simply Saying." All of them available on Amazon books more…

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