Analysis of Sonnet 17
John Milton 1608 (Cheapside) – 1674 (Chalfont St Giles)
Lawrence of vertuous Father vertuous Son,
Now that the Fields are dank, and ways are mire,
Where shall we sometimes meet, and by the fire
Help wast a sullen day; what may be Won
From the hard Season gaining: time will run
On smoother, till Favonius re-inspire
The frozen earth; and cloth in fresh attire
The Lillie and Rose, that neither sow'd nor spun.
What neat repast shall feast us, light and choice,
Of Attick tast, with Wine, whence we may rise
To hear the Lute well toucht, or artfull voice
Warble immortal Notes and Tuskan Ayre?
He who of those delights can judge, and spare
To interpose them oft, is not unwise.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111011 1101110111 11101101010 1101011111 1011010111 11011101 01010101010 01001110111 111111101 111111111 110111111 100101011 1111011101 101111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 643 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 487 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 113 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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