Analysis of Sonnet XLVII: In Pride of Wit
Michael Drayton 1563 (Hartshill) – 1631 (London)
In pride of wit when high desire of fame
Gave life and courage to my laboring pen,
And first the sound and virtue of my name
Won grace and credit in the ears of men,
With those the thronged theatres that press
I in the circuit for the laurel strove,
Where the full praise, I freely must confess,
In heat of blood a modest mind might move,
With shouts and claps at every little pause
When the proud round on every side hath rung,
Sadly I sit, unmov'd with the applause,
As though to me it nothing did belong.
No public glory vainly I pursue;
All that I seek is to eternize you.
Scheme | ABABCDCEFGFHII |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01111101011 11010111001 0101010111 1101000111 110110011 1001010101 1011110101 0111010111 11011100101 10111100111 1011011001 1111110101 1101010101 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 584 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 451 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 113 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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