Analysis of Sonnet IX
Edmund Spenser 1552 (London) – 1599 (London)
LOng-while I sought to what I might compare
those powrefull eies, which lighte[n] my dark spright,
yet find I nought on earth to which I dare
resemble th'ymage of their goodly light.
Not to the Sun: for they doo shine by night;
nor to the Moone: for they are changed neuer;
nor to the Starres: for they haue purer sight;
nor to the fire: for they consume not euer;
Nor to the lightning: for they still persuer;
nor to the Diamond: for they are more tender;
nor vnto Christall: for nought may them seuer;
nor vnto glasse: such basenesse mought offend her;
Then to the Maker selfe they likest be,
whose light doth lighten all that here we see.
Scheme | ABABBCBAACACDD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111101 11111111 1111111111 010111101 1101111111 1101111110 1101111101 11010110111 110101111 11010111110 11111111 111111010 110101111 1111011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 636 |
Words | 121 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 500 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 119 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 23, 2023
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