Analysis of Amoretti LXXIV: Most Happy Letters

Edmund Spenser 1552 (London) – 1599 (London)



Most happy letters, fram'd by skilful trade,
With which that happy name was first design'd:
The which three times thrice happy hath me made,
With gifts of body, fortune, and of mind.
The first my being to me gave by kind,
From mother's womb deriv'd by due descent,
The second is my sovereign Queen most kind,
That honour and large richesse to me lent.
The third my love, my life's last ornament,
By whom my spirit out of dust was raised:
To speak her praise and glory excellent,
Of all alive most worthy to be praised.
Ye three Elizabeths for ever live,
That three such graces did unto me give.


Scheme ABABBCBCDEDEFG
Poetic Form
Metre 110101111 1111011101 0111110111 1111010011 0111011111 1101011101 0101110111 11011111 0111111100 1111011111 1101010100 1101110111 1111101 1111011011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 589
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) 462
Words per stanza (avg) 110
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Edmund Spenser

Edmund Spenser was an English poet best known for The Faerie Queene, an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. more…

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