Analysis of Sonnet 44: My Words, I Know Do Well
Sir Philip Sidney 1554 (Penshurst, Kent) – 1586 (Zutphen)
My words I know do well set forth my mind,
My mind bemoans his sense of inward smart;
Such smart may pity claim of any heart,
Her heart, sweet heart, is of no tiger's kind:
And yet she hears, yet I no pity find;
But more I cry, less grace she doth impart,
Alas, what cause is there so overthwart,
That nobleness itself makes thus unkind?
I much do guess, yet find no truth save this:
That when the breath of my complaints doth touch
Those dainty doors unto the court of bliss,
The heav'nly nature of that place is such,
That once come there, the sobs of mine annoys
Are metamorphos'd straight to tunes of joys.
Scheme | ABBA ABAA CDC DEE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111111 1101111101 1111011101 0111111101 0111111101 1111111101 01111111 11011101 1111111111 1101110111 1101100111 011011111 1111011101 1111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 617 |
Words | 119 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 118 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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