Sonnet 93: Oh Fate, Oh Fault
Sir Philip Sidney 1554 (Penshurst, Kent) – 1586 (Zutphen)
Oh fate, oh fault, oh curse, child of my bliss,
What sobs can give words grace my grief to show?
What ink is black enough to paint my woe?
Through me, wretch me, ev'n Stella vexed is.
Yet Truth (if caitiff's breath may call thee) this
Witness with me: that my foul stumbling so
From carelessness did in no manner grow,
But wit confus'd with too much care did miss.
And do I then myself this vain 'scuse give?
I have (live I and know this?) harmed thee;
Though worlds quite me, shall I myself forgive?
Only with pains my pains thus eased be,
That all thy hurts in my heart's wrack I read;
I cry thy sighs, my dear; thy tears I bleed.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABBX ABBA CDC DXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 640 |
Words | 127 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3 |
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