Analysis of Sonnet XXV: False Hope Prolongs
Samuel Daniel 1562 (Taunton) – 1619
False hope prolongs my ever certain grief,
Trait'rous to me and faithful to my love;
A thousand times it promis'd me relief,
Yet never any true effect I prove.
Oft when I find in her no truth at all,
I banish her and blame her treachery;
Yet soon again I must her back recall,
As one that dies without her company.
Thus often as I chase my hope from me,
Straight way she hastes her unto Delia's eyes;
Fed with some pleasing look there shall she be,
And so sent back, and thus my fortune lies.
Looks feed my Hope, Hope fosters me in vain;
Hopes are unsure, when certain is my pain.
| Scheme | ABACDEDEEFEFGG |
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101110101 111010111 0101110101 1101010111 1111001111 1100010100 110111011 1111010100 1101111111 111101011 1111011111 0111011101 1111110101 1101110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 588 |
| Words | 115 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 448 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 113 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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