Analysis of Sonnet XII: Cupid, Because Thou
Sir Philip Sidney 1554 (Penshurst, Kent) – 1586 (Zutphen)
Cupid, because thou shin'st in Stella's eyes,
That from her locks, thy day-nets, noe scapes free,
That those lips swell, so full of thee they be,
That her sweet breath makes oft thy flames to rise,
That in her breast thy pap well sugared lies,
That he Grace gracious makes thy wrongs, that she
What words so ere she speak persuades for thee,
That her clear voice lifts thy fame to the skies:
Thou countest Stella thine, like those whose powers
Having got up a breach by fighting well,
Cry, "Victory, this fair day all is ours."
Oh no, her heart is such a citadel,
So fortified with wit, stored with disdain,
That to win it, is all the skill and pain.
Scheme | ABBA ABBA CDC DEE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10011110101 1101111111 1111111111 1011111111 1001111101 1111011111 1111110111 1011111101 1110111110 1011011101 11001111110 110111010 110111101 1111110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 658 |
Words | 125 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 125 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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