Analysis of Sonnet XXXIII: My Cares Draw

Samuel Daniel 1562 (Taunton) – 1619



My cares draw on mine everlasting night;
In horror's sable clouds sets my life's sun;
My life's sweet sun, my dearest comfort's light,
Will rise no more to me whose day is done.
I go before unto the Myrtle shades,
To attend the presence of my world's Dear,
And there prepare her flowers that never fades,
And all things fit against her coming there.
If any ask me why so soon I came,
I'll hide her sin, and say it was my lot;
In life and death I'll tender her good name;
My life nor death shall never be her blot.
Although this world may seem her deed to blame,
Th'Elisean ghosts shall never know the same.


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Poetic Form
Metre 111110101 011011111 111111011 1111111111 1101100101 1010101111 01010101101 0111010101 1101111111 1101011111 0101110011 1111110101 111110111 11110101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 614
Words 119
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 466
Words per stanza (avg) 117
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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