Analysis of Sonnet XXIX: Like Some Weak Lords

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



Like some weak lords, neighbor'd by mighty kings,
To keep themselves and their chief cities free,
Do easily yield, that all their coasts may be
Ready to store their camps of needful things:

So Stella's heart finding what power Love brings,
To keep itself in life and liberty,
Doth willing grant, that in the frontiers he
Use all to help his other conquerings:

And thus her heart escapes, but thus her eyes
Serve him with shot, her lips his heralds are;
Her breasts his tents, legs his triumphal car;

Her flesh his food, her skin his armor brave,
And I, but for bacuse my prospect lies
Upon that coast, am giv'n up for a slave.


Scheme ABBA ABBA CDD ECE
Poetic Form
Metre 111111101 1101011101 11001111111 1011111101 11011011011 1101010100 1101100011 11111101 0101011101 1111011101 0111110101 0111011101 011111101 0111111101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 634
Words 117
Sentences 2
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) 123
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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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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