Analysis of Licia Sonnets 14
Giles Fletcher The Elder 1548 (Watford, Hertfordshire) – 1611
My love lay sleeping, where birds music made,
Shutting her eyes, disdainful of the light;
The heat was great but greater was the shade
Which her defended from his burning sight.
This Cupid saw, and came a kiss to take,
Sucking sweet nectar from her sugared breath;
She felt the touch, and blushed, and did awake,
Seeing t'was love, which she did think was death,
She cut his wings and caused him to stay,
Making a vow, he should not thence depart,
Unless to her the wanton boy could pay
The truest, kindest and most loving heart.
His feathers still she uséd for a fan,
Till by exchange my heart his feathers won.
Scheme | ABABCDCDEFEFGH |
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Poetic Form | ~Shakespearean Sonnet |
Metre | 1111011101 1001010101 0111110101 1001011101 1101010111 1011010101 1101010101 10111111111 111101111 1001111101 0110010111 0101001101 1101111101 1101111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 621 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 478 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 113 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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