Analysis of At A Solemn Musick

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



Blest pair of Sirens, pledges of Heav'ns joy,
Sphear-born harmonious Sisters, Voice, and Vers,
Wed your divine sounds, and mixt power employ
Dead things with inbreath'd sense able to pierce,
And to our high-rais'd phantasie present,
That undisturbed Song of pure content,
Ay sung before the saphire-colour'd throne
To him that sits theron
With Saintly shout, and solemn Jubily,
Where the bright Seraphim in burning row
Their loud up-lifted Angel trumpets blow,
And the Cherubick host in thousand quires
Touch their immortal Harps of golden wires,
With those just Spirits that wear victorious Palms,
Hymns devout and holy Psalms
Singing everlastingly;
That we on Earth with undiscording voice
May rightly answer that melodious noise;
As    once we did, till disproportion'd sin
Jarr'd against natures chime, and with harsh din
The fair musick that all creatures made
To their great Lord, whose love their motion sway'd
In perfect Diapason, whilst they stood
In first obedience, and their state of good.
O may we soon again renew that Song,
And keep in tune with Heav'n, till God ere long
To his celestial consort us unite,
To live with him, and sing in endles morn of light.


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Poetic Form
Metre 1111010111 11010010101 11011011001 111111011 011011110 10111110 110101101 111110 11010101 10110101 1111010101 00110101 11010111010 111101101001 1010101 101 1111111 11010101001 1111111 1011010111 011011101 1111111101 0011111 01010001111 1111010111 0101111111 110100111 11110101111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,146
Words 194
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 28
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 938
Words per stanza (avg) 197
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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