Analysis of Sonnet LXXXVII

Edmund Spenser 1552 (London) – 1599 (London)



SInce I did leaue the presence of my loue,
Many long weary dayes I haue outworne:
and many nights, that slowly seemd to moue,
theyr sad protract from euening vntill morne.
For when as day the heauen doth adorne,
I wish that night the noyous day would end:
and when as night hath vs of light forlorne,
I wish that day would shortly reascend.
Thus I the time with expectation spend,
and faine my griefe with chaunges to beguile,
that further seemes his terme still to extend,
and maketh euery minute seeme a myle.
So sorrow still doth seeme too long to last,
but ioyous houres doo fly away too fast.


Scheme ABCBBDBDDADAEE
Poetic Form
Metre 1111010111 101101111 0101110111 11011111 11110111 111101111 0111110111 11111101 110110101 011111101 1101111101 01110101 1101111111 111110111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 592
Words 113
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 472
Words per stanza (avg) 111
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 01, 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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