Analysis of Sonnet XXXIII

Edmund Spenser 1552 (London) – 1599 (London)



GReat wrong I doe, I can it not deny,
to that most sacred Empresse my dear dred,
not finishing her Queene of faery,
that mote enlarge her liuing prayses dead:
But lodwick, this of grace to me aread:
doe ye not thinck th'accomplishment of it,
sufficient worke for one mans simple head,
all were it as the rest but rudely writ.
How then should I without another wit:
thinck euer to endure so taedious toyle,
sins that this one is tost with troublous fit,
of a proud loue, that doth my spirite spoyle.
Ceasse then, till she vouchsafe to grawnt me rest,
or lend you me another liuing brest.


Scheme ABCBBDBDDEDEFF
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111101 111101111 11000111 11010111 110111111 111111010011 0101111101 1011011101 1111010101 11101111 111111111 101111111 111111111 111101011
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 581
Words 111
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 459
Words per stanza (avg) 109
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Edmund Spenser

Edmund Spenser was an English poet best known for The Faerie Queene, an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. more…

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