Analysis of Sonnet 06

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



Giovane piano, e semplicetto amante
Poi che fuggir me stesso in dubbio sono,
Madonna a voi del mio cuor l'humil dono
Faro divoto; io certo a prove tante
L'hebbi fedele, intrepido, costante,
De pensieri leggiadro, accorto, e buono;
Quando rugge il gran mondo, e scocca il tuono,
S 'arma di se, e d' intero diamante,
Tanto del forse, e d' invidia sicuro,
Di timori, e speranze al popol use                                   
Quanto d'ingegno, e d' alto valor vago,
E di cetra sonora, e delle muse:
Sol troverete in tal parte men duro
Ove amor mise l 'insanabil ago.


Scheme ABBAABBACDEFCE
Poetic Form
Metre 101011010 11111011 0100111111 1011010011 11011 1111110 1111101111 1111111010 1111111 1111111 111110101 111010111 1101111 11011101
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 560
Words 99
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 404
Words per stanza (avg) 96
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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John Milton

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