Analysis of Sonnet 46: I Curs'd Thee Oft

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



I curs'd thee oft, I pity now thy case,
Blind-hitting boy, since she that thee and me
Rules with a beck, so tyrannizeth thee,
That thou must want or food, or dwelling place,

For she protest to banish thee her face.
Her face? Oh Love, a rogue thou then shouldst be!
If Love learn not alone to love and see,
Without desire to feed of further grace.

Alas poor wag, that now a scholar art
To such a schoolmistress, whose lessons new
Thou needs must miss, and so thou needs must smart.

Yet dear, let me his pardon get of you,
So long (though he from book miche to desire)
Till without fuel you can make hot fire.


Scheme ABBA ABBA CDC DEE
Poetic Form
Metre 1111110111 1101111101 1101111 1111111101 111110101 0111011111 1111011101 01010111101 0111110101 11011101 1111011111 1111110111 11111111010 10110111110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 615
Words 120
Sentences 7
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 117
Words per stanza (avg) 30
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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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