Analysis of To the Nightingale
John Milton 1608 (Cheapside) – 1674 (Chalfont St Giles)
O Nightingale! that on yon bloomy spray
Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still,
Thou with fresh hope the lover's heart dost fill,
While the jolly hours lead on propitious May.
Thy liquid notes that close the eye of day,
First heard before the shallow cuckoo's bill,
Portend success in love; O, if Jove's will
Have linked that amorous power to thy soft lay,
Now timely sing, ere the rude bird of hate
Foretell my hopeless doom in some grove nigh;
As thou from year to year hast sung too late
For my relief, yet hadst no reason why:
Whether the Muse, or Love, call thee his mate,
Both them I serve, and of their train am I.
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Metre | 110011111 111110111 1111010111 101010110101 1101110111 1101010101 0101011111 111100101111 1101101111 0111010111 1111111111 1101111101 1001111111 1111011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 623 |
Words | 122 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 487 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 120 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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