Analysis of Sonnet IX: Queen Virtue's Court
Sir Philip Sidney 1554 (Penshurst, Kent) – 1586 (Zutphen)
Queen Virtue's court, which some call Stella's face,
Prepar'd by Nature's choicest furniture,
Hath his front built of alabaster pure;
Gold in the covering of that stately place.
The door by which sometimes comes forth her Grace
Red porphir is, which lock of pearl makes sure,
Whose porches rich (which name of cheeks endure)
Marble mix'd red and white do interlace.
The windows now through which this heav'nly guest
Looks o'er the world, and can find nothing such,
Which dare claim from those lights the name of best,
Of touch they are that without touch doth touch,
Which Cupid's self from Beauty's mine did draw:
Of touch they are, and poor I am their straw.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111101 0111010100 111111001 10010011101 0111011101 111111111 1101111101 101101101 010111111 11001011101 1111110111 1111101111 11111111 1111011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 668 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 130 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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