Analysis of Methought I Saw My Late Espoused Saint
John Milton 1608 (Cheapside) – 1674 (Chalfont St Giles)
Methought I saw my late espoused Saint
Brought to me like Alcestus from the grave,
Who Jove's great Son to her glad Husband gave,
Rescu'd from death by force though pale and faint.
Mine as whom washt from spot of child-bed taint
Purification in the old Law did save,
And such as yet once more I trust to have
Full sight of her in Heav'n without restraint,
Came vested all in white, pure as her mind:
Her face was veil'd, yet to my fancied sight
Love, sweetness, goodness in her person shin'd
So clear, as in no face with more delight.
But O as to embrace me she enclin'd
I wak'd, she fled, and day brought back my night.
| Scheme | ABBAABCADEDEAE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111011 11111101 1111101101 1011111101 1111111111 0010001111 0111111111 1110010101 1101011101 0111111101 1101000101 1110111101 111101111 1111011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 628 |
| Words | 121 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 479 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 119 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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