Analysis of SONNET. When I entreat, either thou wilt not hear

Henry King 1592 (Worminghall, Buckinghamshire) – 1669 (Chichester)



When I entreat, either thou wilt not hear,
Or else my suit arriving at thy ear
Cools and dies there. A strange extremitie
To freeze ith' Sun, and in the shade to frie.
Whil'st all my blasted hopes decline so soon,
Tis Evening with me, though at high Noon.
For pity to thy self, if not to me
Think time will ravish, what I lose, from thee.
If my scorcht heart wither through thy delay,
Thy beauty withers too. And swift decay
Arrests thy Youth. So thou whil'st I am slighted
Wilt be too soon with age or sorrow nighted.


Scheme AABCDDCCEEBB
Poetic Form
Metre 111101111 1111010111 1011011 11110001110 1111010111 110111111 1101111111 111111111 1111101101 1101010101 01111111110 1111111101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 526
Words 102
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 400
Words per stanza (avg) 100
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Henry King

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