Analysis of Sonnet To Spenser
Spenser! a jealous honourer of thine,
A forester deep in thy midmost trees,
Did last eve ask my promise to refine
Some English that might strive thine ear to please.
But Elfin Poet 'tis impossible
For an inhabitant of wintry earth
To rise like Phoebus with a golden quill
Fire-wing'd and make a morning in his mirth.
It is impossible to escape from toil
O' the sudden and receive thy spiriting:
The flower must drink the nature of the soil
Before it can put forth its blossoming:
Be with me in the summer days, and I
Will for thine honour and his pleasure try.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10010111 010010111 1111110101 1101111111 1101010100 1101001101 1111010101 10101010011 11010010111 101000111 01011010101 0111111100 1110010101 111101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 567 |
Words | 106 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 444 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 104 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 10, 2023
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