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.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABBA ABBA CDC DEE |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 615 |
Words | 120 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3 |
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