Analysis of Sonnet 08
John Milton 1608 (Cheapside) – 1674 (Chalfont St Giles)
Captain or Colonel, or Knight in Arms,
Whose chance on these defenceless dores may sease,
If ever deed of honour did thee please,
Guard them, and him within protect from harms,
He can requite thee, for he knows the charms
That call Fame on such gentle acts as these,
And he can spred thy Name o're Lands and Seas,
What ever clime the Suns bright circle warms.
Lift not thy spear against the Muses Bowre,
The great Emathian Conqueror bid spare
The house of Pindarus, when Temple and Towre
Went to the ground: And the repeated air
Of sad Electra's Poet had the power
To save th' Athenian Walls from ruine bare.
Notes:
Camb. autograph supplies title, When the assault was intended
to the city.
3 If deed of honour did thee ever please, 1673.
Scheme | ABBAABBXCCCCCC XXXB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101101101 11111111 110111111 1101010111 111111101 1111110111 01111111101 1101011101 1111010101 01110011 011111001 1101000101 111101010 111101001111 1 110011010011010 1010 111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 765 |
Words | 138 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 14, 4 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 291 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 68 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 23, 2023
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