Analysis of Sonnet XXXIV: Marvel Not, Love
Michael Drayton 1563 (Hartshill) – 1631 (London)
Marvel not, Love, though I thy power admire,
Ravish'd a world beyond the farthest thought,
And knowing more than ever hath been taught,
That I am only starv'd in my desire.
Marvel not, Love, though I thy power admire,
Aiming at things exceeding all perfection,
To Wisdom's self to minister correction,
That I am only starv'd in my desire.
Marvel not, Love, though I thy power admire,
Though my conceit I further seem to bend
Than possibly invention can extend,
And yet am only starv'd in my desire.
If thou wilt wonder, here's the wonder, Love:
That this to me doth yet no wonder prove.
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Metre | 10111111001 101010101 0101110111 11110101010 10111111001 10110101010 1111100010 11110101010 10111111001 1101110111 1100010101 01110101010 1111010101 1111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 607 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 455 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 105 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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