Analysis of Sonnet XIV: Those Amber Locks

Samuel Daniel 1562 (Taunton) – 1619



Those amber locks are those same nets, my dear,
Wherewith my liberty thou didst surprise;
Love was the flame that fired me so near;
The dart transpiercing were those crystal eyes.
Stong is the net, and fervent is the flame;
Deep is the wound, my sighs do well report;
Yet do I love, adore, and praise the same,
That holds, that burns, that wounds me in this sort.
And list not seek to break, to quench, to heal,
The bond, the flame, the wound which fest'reth so;
By knife, by liquor, or by salve to deal;
So much I please to perish in my woe.
Yet lest long travails be above my strength,
Good Delia loose, quench, heal me now at length.


Scheme ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Poetic Form Shakespearean sonnet 
Metre 1101111111 111001101 1101110111 01101101 1101010101 1101111101 1111010101 1111111011 0111111111 010101111 1111011111 1111110011 1110110111 1101111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 644
Words 124
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 485
Words per stanza (avg) 122
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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