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.
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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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