Analysis of Sonnet: Beauty Of Her Face
Dante Alighieri 1265 (Florence) – 1321 (Ravenna)
For certain he hath seen all perfectness
Who among other ladies hath seen mine:
They that go with her humbly should combine
To thank their God for such peculiar grace.
So perfect is the beauty of her face
That is begets in no wise any sigh
Of envy, but draws round her a clear line
Of love, and blessed faith, and gentleness.
Merely the sight of her makes all things bow:
Not she herself alone is holier
Than all; but hers, through her, are raised above.
From all her acts such lovely graces flow
That truly one may never think of her
Without a passion of exceeding love.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011111 1011010111 1111010110 1111110101 1011010101 1101011101 1101110011 110110100 1001101111 1101011100 1110101101 1101110101 1101110110 0101010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 566 |
Words | 110 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 452 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 108 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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