Analysis of Sonnet XXIX: Whilst By Her Eyes Pursu'd
Samuel Daniel 1562 (Taunton) – 1619
Whilst by her eyes pursu'd, my poor heart flew it,
Into the sacred bosom of my dearest;
She there in that sweet sanctuary slew it,
Where it presum'd its safety to be nearest.
My priviledge of faith could not protect it,
That was with blood and three years' witness sign'd;
In all which time she never could suspect it,
For well she saw my love, and how I pin'd.
And yet no comfort would her brow reveal me,
No lightning look, which falling hopes erecteth.
What boots to laws of succour to appeal me?
Ladies and tyrants never laws respecteth.
Then there I die, where hop'd I to have liven,
And by that hand, which better might have given.
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Metre | 11010111111 01010101110 1101110011 11011101110 111111011 1111011101 01111101011 1111110111 01110101011 110111011 1111111011 100101011 11111111110 01111101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 645 |
Words | 121 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 494 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 119 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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