Analysis of Sonnet # 60
I must resist the kiss of just sixteen.
I must not touch a flesh too young for sex.
I want to die a man the conscious clean
That to my mind I'd nothing vile annex.
I must abhor the thought two men in bed,
And anything on sex not women and men
For I the world want saying when I'm dead,
"Here lies a woman-faithful man who'd ken."
I must not love the gold nothing but eye.
I must admire the one who helps the poor
For no fortune is there that can love buy.
Of this, we know, unknown the mind not sure.
I evil must avoid like hands the thorn
And then with humble thoughts my heart adorn.
| Scheme | ABABCDCDEFEGHH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101011101 1111011111 1111010101 111111011 1101011101 0101111001 1101110111 1101010111 1111011011 1101011101 1110111111 1111010111 1101011101 0111011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 585 |
| Words | 129 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 448 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 120 |
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