Analysis of Sonetto I
Gaspara Stampa 1523 (Padua) – 1554 (Venice)
LADIES, who of my lord would fain be told,
Picture a gentle knight, full sweet to see,
Though young in years, in wisdom passing old,
Model of glory and of valiancy;
Fair-haired, bright colour glowing in his face,
Tall and well-set, broad-shouldered, finally,
In all his parts a paragon of grace
Except in loving wantonly, ah me!
Who'd know myself, picture a woman wrought
In passion and in presence after pain's
And death's own bitter images, a port
Of safety where untroubled rest remains;
One who with neither tears, nor sighs, nor zest
Wakes pity in her cruel lover's breast.
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Metre | 1011111111 1001011111 1101010101 10110011 111110011 1011110100 011101011 0101010011 111100101 0100010101 0111010001 1101010101 1111011111 1100010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 589 |
Words | 102 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 452 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 100 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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