Analysis of Sonnet IIII

Edmund Spenser 1552 (London) – 1599 (London)



NEw yeare forth looking out of Ianus gate,
Doth seeme to promise hope of new delight:
and bidding th'old Adieu, his passed date
bids all old thoughts to die in dumpish spright.
And calling forth out of sad Winters night,
fresh loue, that long hath slept in cheerlesse bower:
wils him awake, and soone about him dight
his wanton wings and darts of deadly power.
For lusty spring now in his timely howre,
is ready to come forth him to receiue:
and warnes the Earth with diuers colord flowre,
to decke hir selfe, and her faire mantle weaue.
Then you faire flowre, in who[m] fresh youth doth raine,
prepare your selfe new loue to entertaine.


Scheme ABAABCACCDCEFF
Poetic Form
Metre 111101111 1111011101 01011101111 111111011 0101111101 1111110110 1101010111 11010111010 1101101101 110111111 01011111 1111001101 1111011111 01111111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 632
Words 117
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 505
Words per stanza (avg) 115
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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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