Analysis of Sonnet V. (Translated From Milton)

William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)



Lady! It cannot be, but that thine eyes
Must be my sun, such radiance they display
And strike me ev'n as Phoebus him, whose way
Through torrid Libya's sandy desert lies.
Meantime, on that side steamy vapours rise
Where most I suffer. Of what kind are they,
New as to me they are, I cannot say,
But deem them, in the Lover's language--sighs.
Some, though with pain, my bosom close conceals,
Which, if in part escaping thence, they tend
To soften thine, they coldness soon congeals.
While others to my tearful eyes ascend,
Whence my sad nights in show'rs are ever drown'd,
'Till my Aurora comes, her brow with roses bound.


Scheme ABBAABBACDADEE
Poetic Form
Metre 1011011111 11111100101 01111110111 11010010101 11111011 1111011111 1111111101 1110010101 1111110101 1101010111 110111011 1101110101 1111011101 110101011101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 617
Words 113
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 479
Words per stanza (avg) 111
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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William Cowper

William Macquarie Cowper was an Australian Anglican archdeacon and Dean of Sydney. more…

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