Analysis of Sonnet 26: Lord of my love, to whom in vassalage…
William Shakespeare 1564 (Stratford-upon-Avon) – 1616 (Stratford-upon-Avon)
Lord of my love, to whom in vassalage
Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit;
To thee I send this written embassage
To witness duty, not to show my wit.
Duty so great, which wit so poor as mine
May make seem bare, in wanting words to show it;
But that I hope some good conceit of thine
In thy soul's thought (all naked) will bestow it:
Till whatsoever star that guides my moving,
Points on me graciously with fair aspect,
And puts apparel on my tattered loving,
To show me worthy of thy sweet respect,
Then may I dare to boast how I do love thee,
Till then, not show my head where thou mayst prove me.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111101 1101110101 11111101 1101011111 1011111111 11110101111 1111110111 01111101011 1010111110 111100111 01010111010 1111011101 11111111111 11111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 594 |
Words | 120 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 464 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 118 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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