Analysis of Sonnet 42: Oh Eyes, Which Do The Spheres
Sir Philip Sidney 1554 (Penshurst, Kent) – 1586 (Zutphen)
Oh eyes, which do the spheres of beauty move,
Whose beams be joys, whose joys all virtues be,
Who while they make Love conquer, conquer Love,
The schools where Venus hath learn'd chastity;
Oh eyes, whose humble looks most glorious prove,
Only lov'd tyrants, just in cruelty,
Do not, oh do not from poor me remove,
Keep still my zenith, ever shine on me.
For though I never see them, but straightways
My life forgets to nourish languish'd sprites;
Yet still on me, oh eyes, dart down your rays:
And if from majesty of sacred lights,
Oppressing mortal sense, my death proceed,
Wracks triumphs be, which Love (high set) doth breed.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111011101 1111111101 1111110101 0111011100 11110111001 101101010 1111111101 1111010111 111101111 1101110101 1111111111 0111001101 0101011101 1101111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 636 |
Words | 113 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 122 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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