Analysis of Sonnet 42: That thou hast her, it is not all my grief
William Shakespeare 1564 (Stratford-upon-Avon) – 1616 (Stratford-upon-Avon)
That thou hast her, it is not all my grief,
And yet it may be said I loved her dearly;
That she hath thee is of my wailing chief,
A loss in love that touches me more nearly.
Loving offenders, thus I will excuse ye:
Thou dost love her because thou know'st I love her,
And for my sake even so doth she abuse me,
Suff'ring my friend for my sake to approve her.
If I lose thee, my loss is my love's gain,
And, losing her, my friend hath found that loss;
Both find each other, and I lose both twain,
And both for my sake lay on me this cross.
But here's the joy: my friend and I are one,
Sweet flattery! Then she loves but me alone.
Scheme | ABABBCBCDEDEFG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110111111 01111111010 1111111101 01011101110 10010111011 111001111110 011110111011 1111111010 1111111111 0100111111 1111001111 0111111111 1101110111 11001111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 630 |
Words | 132 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 472 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 130 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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