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.
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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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