Analysis of Sonnet XXII: Come Time

Samuel Daniel 1562 (Taunton) – 1619



Come Time, the anchor-hold of my desire,
My last resort whereto my hopes appeal,
Cause once the date of her disdain t'expire;
Make her the sentence of her wrath repeal.
Rob her fair Brow, break in on Beauty, steal
Power from those eyes, which pity cannot spare;
Deal with those dainty cheeks as she doth deal
With this poor heart consumed with despair;
This heart made now the prospective of care,
By loving her, the cruelst Fair that lives,
The cruelst Fair that sees I pine for her,
And never mercy to my merit gives.
Let her not still triumph over the prize
Of mine affections taken by her eyes.


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Poetic Form
Metre 11010111010 110111101 11011001101 1001010101 1011101101 10111110101 1111011111 111101101 1111001011 110001111 011111110 0101011101 1011101001 1101010101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 606
Words 112
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 471
Words per stanza (avg) 110
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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