Analysis of Sonnet 79: Sweet kiss, Thy Sweets I Fain

Sir Philip Sidney 1554 (Penshurst, Kent) – 1586 (Zutphen)



Sweet kiss, thy sweets I fain would sweetly endite,
Which even of sweetness sweetest sweet'ner art:
Pleasing'st consort, where each sense holds a part;
Which, coupling doves, guides Venus' chariot right;

Best charge, and bravest retreat in Cupid's fight,
A double key, which opens to the heart,
Most rich, when most his riches it impart;
Nest of young joys, schoolmaster of delight,

Teaching the mean at once to take and give;
The friendly fray, where blows both wound and heal,
The pretty death, while each in other live;

Poor hope's first wealth, hostage of promis'd weal,
Breakfast of love. But lo! lo, where she is.
Cease we to praise; now pray we for a kiss.


Scheme AAAA AAAA XBX BXX
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111101 1101101011 10101111101 11011101001 1101001011 0101110101 1111110101 111110101 1001111101 0101111101 0101110101 1111101101 1011111111 1111111101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 669
Words 117
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 37
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 129
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Sir Philip Sidney

Sir Philip Sidney was an English poet, courtier, scholar and soldier who is remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan age. more…

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