Analysis of Sonnet 04

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



Diodati, e te'l diro con maraviglia,
Quel ritroso io ch'amor spreggiar solea
E de suoi lacci spesso mi ridea
Gia caddi, ov'huom dabben talhor s'impiglia.
Ne treccie d'oro, ne guancia vermiglia
M' abbaglian si, ma sotto nova idea
Pellegrina bellezza che'l cuor bea,
Portamenti alti honesti, e nelle ciglia
Quel sereno fulgor d' amabil nero,
Parole adorne di lingua piu d'una,                                   
E'l cantar che di mezzo l'hemispero
Traviar ben puo la faticosa Luna,
E degil occhi suoi auventa si gran fuoco
Che l 'incerar gli oreechi mi fia poco.


Scheme AABAABCADEDEDD
Poetic Form
Metre 0010111111 1110111 1111111 111111 11110111 1111110010 111111 111111 101011110 0111101110 11111101 1111110 1111111010 111111110
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 557
Words 92
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 413
Words per stanza (avg) 89
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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