Analysis of Sonnet XLIX: How Long
Samuel Daniel 1562 (Taunton) – 1619
How long shall I in mine affliction mourn,
A burden to myself, distress'd in mind?
When shall my interdicted hopes return
From out despair wherein they live confin'd?
When shall her troubled brow charg'd with disdain
Reveal the treasure which her smiles impart?
When shall my faith the happiness attain
To break the ice that hath congeal'd her heart?
Unto herself, herself my love doth summon,
If love in her hath any power to move,
And let her tell me as she is a woman
Whether my faith hath not deserv'd her love.
I know she cannot but must needs confess it,
Yet deigns not with one simple sign t'express it.
| Scheme | ABCBDEDEFGFHII |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111010101 010110101 111100101 1101011101 1101011101 0101010101 1111010001 1101110101 10010111110 11001101011 01011111010 1011110101 11110111011 111111011011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 618 |
| Words | 113 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 482 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 111 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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