Analysis of Sonnet XI
Louise Labe 1525 (Lyon) – 1566 (Lyon)
O gentle gaze, o eyes where beauty grows,
Like little gardens full of amorous flowers,
Where the bow of Love shoots his sharp arrows
And where my eyes have gazed for many hours.
O savage cruelty, o felon heart
Binding me in so many rigorous chains,
So many are my lovesick tears and pains,
Burning is the ache of my tortured heart.
Thus you, my eyes, so much delight have had,
From looking in his eyes, so much enjoyment;
But you, my heart, the more you see them glad,
The more you languish, the worse your torment.
Then guess if there is any joy for me,
Knowing my heart and eyes thus disagree.
Scheme | ABAB CDDC EXE XFF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101111101 110101110010 1011111110 01111111010 110101101 10101101001 110111101 1010111101 1111110111 11001111010 1111011111 011100111 1111110111 1011011001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 590 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 116 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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