Analysis of Sonnet 02

John Milton 1608 (Cheapside) – 1674 (Chalfont St Giles)



Donna leggiadra il cui bel nome honora
L'herbosa val di Rheno, e il nobil varco,
Ben e colui d'ogni valore scarco
Qual tuo spirto gentil non innamora,
Che dolcemente mostra si di fuora
De suoi atti soavi giamai parco,
E i don', che son d'amor saette ed arco,
La onde l' alta tua virtu s'infiora.
Quando tu vaga parli, O lieta canti
Che mover possa duro alpestre legno,                                 
Guardi ciascun a gli occhi ed a gli orecchi
L'entrata, chi di te si truova indegno;
Gratia sola di su gli vaglia, inanti
Che'l disio amoroso al cuor s'invecchi.


Scheme ABBAABBACDEDCE
Poetic Form
Metre 1011111010 111111110 111111 111111 111111 111111 111111101110 11110111 1111111 1101111 110111011 1111111 11011111 1110010111
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 559
Words 100
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 411
Words per stanza (avg) 97
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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