Analysis of Sir Thomas Wortley's Sonnet Answered



I.
                    No more
Thou little winged archer, now no more
                    As heretofore,
Thou maist pretend within my breast to bide,
                    No more,
Since cruell Death of dearest LYNDAMORE
                    Hath me depriv'd,
I bid adieu to love, and all the world beside.

II.
                    Go, go;
Lay by thy quiver and unbend thy bow
                    Poore sillie foe,
Thou spend'st thy shafts but at my breast in vain,
                    Since Death
My heart hath with a fatall icie deart
                    Already slain,
Thou canst not ever hope to warme her wound,
                    Or wound it o're againe.]

I.
                    Againe,
Thou witty cruell wanton, now againe,
                    Through ev'ry veine,
Hurle all your lightning, and strike ev'ry dart,
                    Againe,
Before I feele this pleasing, pleasing paine.
                    I have no heart,
Nor can I live but sweetly murder'd with
                    So deare, so deare a smart.

II.
                    Then flye,
And kindle all your torches at her eye,
                    To make me dye
Her martyr, and put on my roabe of flame:
                    So I,
Advanced on my blazing wings on high,
                    In death became
Inthroan'd a starre, and ornament unto
                    Her glorious, glorious name.


Scheme ABbbcBbxc Adxdexcexe AEeefEefxf Aaaagaagxg
Poetic Form
Metre 1 11 110110111 101 1101011111 11 1111101 1101 110111010101 1 11 111100111 111 11111111101 11 11110111 0101 1111011101 111111 1 1 11011011 111 111100111 1 0111110101 1111 1111110101 111101 1 11 0101110101 1111 0100111111 11 011110111 0101 101010010 01001001
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,445
Words 189
Sentences 12
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 9, 10, 10, 10
Lines Amount 39
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 188
Words per stanza (avg) 46
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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