Analysis of Sonnet X: O Then I Love

Samuel Daniel 1562 (Taunton) – 1619



O then I love and draw this weary breath,
For her the cruel Fair, within whose brow
I written find the sentence of my death
In unkind letters, wrought she cares not how.
O thou that rul'st the confines of the night,
Laughter-loving Goddess, worldly pleasures' Queen,
Intenerate that heart that sets so light
The truest love that ever yet was seen.
And cause her leave to triumph in this wise
Upon the prostrate spoil of that poor heart
That serves a trophy to her conquering eyes
And music their glory to the world impart.
Once let her know, sh'hath done enough to prove me,
And let her pity if she cannot love me.


Scheme ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Poetic Form Shakespearean sonnet 
Metre 1111011101 1001010111 1101010111 0011011111 111101101 10101010101 1111111 0101110111 0101110011 0101011111 11010101001 01011010101 11011101111 01010111011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 621
Words 116
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 485
Words per stanza (avg) 114
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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