Analysis of Sonnet XVIII: Since the First Look
Samuel Daniel 1562 (Taunton) – 1619
Since the first look that led me to this error,
To this thought's-maze, to my confusion tending,
Still have I liv'd in grief, in hope, in terror,
The circle of my sorrows never ending.
Yet cannot leave her love that holds me hateful;
Her eyes exact it, though her heart disdains me;
See what reward he hath that serves th'ungrateful;
So true and loyal love no favors gains me.
Still must I whet my young desires abated,
Upon the flint of such a heart rebelling;
And all in vain, her pride is so innated,
She yields no place at all for pity's dwelling.
Oft have I told her that my soul did love her,
And that with tears, yet all this will not move her.
Scheme | ABABCDCDEBEBAA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111111110 11111101010 11110101010 01011101010 11010111110 01011101011 1101111111010 11010111011 111111010010 01011101010 010101111 1111111110 11110111110 01111111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 659 |
Words | 127 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 502 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 125 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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