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.
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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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