Analysis of Sonnet L: As in Some Countries
Michael Drayton 1563 (Hartshill) – 1631 (London)
As in some countries far remote from hence
The wretched creature destined to die,
Having the judgement due to his offence,
By surgeons begg'd, their art on him to try,
Which, on the living, work without remorse,
First make incision on each mastering vein,
Then staunch the bleeding, then trasnpierce the corse,
And with their balms recure the wounds again,
Then poison and with physic him restore;
Not that they fear the hopeless man to kill,
But their experience to increase the more;
Ev'n so my mistress works upon my ill,
By curing me and killing me each hour,
Only to show her beauty's sovereign power.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011010111 010101011 100101111 1101111111 1101010101 11010111001 110101101 011110101 110011101 1111010111 11010010101 11111010111 11010101110 1011011010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 614 |
Words | 108 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 481 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 106 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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