Analysis of Sonnet # 203
Let me a youth today, no older bring.
A flesh untouched, acquainted not with men.
That time when she appears an ever spring.
Her V a paper ne'er on has writ a pen
To turn her eyes away from tricky beauty.
Her teach that the outside than love not better.
So, she becomes one just and kind a lady
Who lowers looks and care receives true lover.
Let me a youth untouched possess my own;
Her teach to never have such greedy sight.
And if I let her go when woman grown
Hopes have she'll see the heart and thus judge right.
But I my purpose will not really try
Unless sixteen, at least, the butterfly.
Scheme | ABABCDCDEFEFGG |
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Poetic Form | Shakespearean sonnet |
Metre | 1101011101 0101010111 1111011101 01010111101 11010111010 01101111110 11011101010 11010101110 1101010111 0111011101 0111011101 1111010111 1111011101 010111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 607 |
Words | 125 |
Sentences | 9 |
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) | 117 |
About this poem
A sonnet about possessing a youth before the mind is bent or prone to do bad or unwanted things or acts.
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Written on March 02, 2023
Submitted by luisestable1 on March 02, 2023
Modified on April 01, 2023
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