Analysis of Sonnet XXII: In Highest Way of Heav'n
Sir Philip Sidney 1554 (Penshurst, Kent) – 1586 (Zutphen)
In highest way of heav'n the Sun did ride,
Progressing then from fair twins' golden place:
Having no scarf of clouds before his face,
But shining forth of heat in his chief pride;
When some fair ladies by hard promise tied,
On horseback met him in his furious race,
Yet each prepar'd with fan's well-shading grace
From that foe's wounds their tender skins to hide.
Stella alone with face unarmed march'd.
Either to do like him which open shone,
Or careless of the wealth because her own:
Yet were the hid and meaner beauties parch'd,
Her daintiest bare went free; the cause was this,
The Sun, which others burn'd, did her but kiss.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101110111 0101111101 1011110111 1101110111 1111011101 1111011001 1101111101 1111110111 100111011 1011111101 1101010101 1001010101 011110111 0111011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 639 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 124 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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