Analysis of Sonnet 11
John Milton 1608 (Cheapside) – 1674 (Chalfont St Giles)
A Book was writ of late call'd Tetrachordon;
And wov'n close, both matter, form and stile;
The Subject new: it walk'd the Town a while,
Numbring good intellects; now seldom por'd on.
Cries the stall-reader, bless us! what a word on
A title page is this! and some in file
Stand spelling fals, while one might walk to Mile-
End Green. Why is it harder Sirs then Gordon,
Colkitto, or Macdonnel, or Galasp?
Those rugged names to our like mouths grow sleek
That would have made Quintilian stare and gasp.
Thy age, like ours, O Soul of Sir John Cheek,
Hated not Learning wors then Toad or Asp;
When thou taught'st Cambridge, and King Edward Greek.
Note: Camb. Autograph supplies title, On the Detraction which
followed my writing certain Treatises.
Scheme | ABBAABBACDCDCD XX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01111111 011110101 0011110101 111011011 10110111011 0101110101 1101111111 11111101110 11111 11011101111 11111101 11110111111 1011011111 11111001101 111001101011 1011010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 759 |
Words | 133 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 14, 2 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 289 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 66 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 06, 2023
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