Analysis of Sonnet 05

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



Per certo i bei vostr'occhi Donna mia
Esser non puo che non fian lo mio sole
Si mi percuoton forte, come ci suole
Per l'arene di Libia chi s'invia,
Mentre un caldo vapor (ne senti pria)
Da quel lato si spinge ove mi duole,
Che forsi amanti nelle lor parole
Chiaman sospir; io non so che si sia:
Parte rinchiusa, e turbida si cela
Scosso mi il petto, e poi n'uscendo poco                             
Quivi d' attorno o s'agghiaccia, o s'ingiela;
Ma quanto a gli occhi giunge a trovar loco
Tutte le notti a me suol far piovose
Finche mia Alba rivien colma di rose.


Scheme ABBCDBBEAFBFGG
Poetic Form
Metre 1101111010 1011111111 11110111 111111 11110111 111011111 1111101 111011111 1111110 111111110 1111111 1101110110 10101111 110101111
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 559
Words 106
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 413
Words per stanza (avg) 103
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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