Analysis of Sonnet 98: Ah Bed, The field Where Joy's Peace

Sir Philip Sidney 1554 (Penshurst, Kent) – 1586 (Zutphen)



Ah bed, the field where joy's peace some do see,
The field where all my thought to war be train'd,
How is thy grace by my strange fortune stain'd!
How thy lee shores by my sighs stormed be!

With sweet soft shades thou oft invitest me
To steal some rest, but wretch I am constrain'd
(Spurr'd with Love's spur, though gall'd and shortly rein'd
With Care's hand) to turn and toss in thee.

While the black horrors of the silent night
Paint woe's black face so lively to my sight,
That tedious leisure marks each wrinkled line:

But when Aurora leads out Phoebus' dance
Mine eyes then only wink, for spite perchance,
That worms should have their Sun, and I want mine.


Scheme ABBA ABBA CCD EED
Poetic Form
Metre 1101111111 0111111111 1111111101 111111111 11111111 1111111101 1111110101 111110101 1011010101 1111110111 11001011101 1101011101 1111011101 1111110111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 669
Words 124
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 37
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 128
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Sir Philip Sidney

Sir Philip Sidney was an English poet, courtier, scholar and soldier who is remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan age. more…

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