Analysis of Sonnet: My Lady

Dante Alighieri 1265 (Florence) – 1321 (Ravenna)



My lady carries love within her eyes;
All that she looks on is made pleasanter;
Upon her path men turn to gaze at her;
He whom she greeteth feels his heart to rise,
And droops is troubled visage, full of sighs,
And of his evil heart is then aware:
Hates loves, and pride becomes his worshipper.
O women, help to praise her in somewise.
Humbleness, and the hope that hopeth well,
By speech of hers into the mind are brought,
And who beholds is blessed oftenwhiles.
The look she hath when she a little smiles
Cannot be said, nor holden in the thought;
'Tis such a new and gracious miracle.


Scheme ABBAABBACDAEDF
Poetic Form
Metre 1101010101 11111111 0101111110 111111111 0111010111 0111011101 11010111 110111001 1001111 1110010111 011111 0111110101 1011110001 1101010100
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 582
Words 112
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 459
Words per stanza (avg) 110
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 26, 2023

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