Analysis of Sonnet LVIII: None Other Fame
Samuel Daniel 1562 (Taunton) – 1619
None other fame mine unambitious Muse
Affected ever but t'eternize thee;
All other honors do my hopes refuse,
Which meaner priz'd and momentary be.
For God forbid I should my papers blot
With mercenary lines, with servile pen,
Praising virtues in them that have them not,
Basely attending on the hopes of men.
No, no, my verse respects nor Thames nor theaters,
Nor seeks it to be known unto the great;
But Avon rich in fame, though poor in waters,
Shall have my song, where Delia hath her seat.
Avon shall be my Thames, and she my song;
I'll sound her name the river all along.
Scheme | ABABCDCDEFEGHH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101111 01010111 1101011101 110101001 1101111101 110011101 1010011111 101010111 111101111100 1111111001 11010111010 1111110101 1011110111 1101010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 585 |
Words | 108 |
Sentences | 5 |
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) | 106 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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