Analysis of Sonnet XVI: Cromwell, our chief of men
John Milton 1608 (Cheapside) – 1674 (Chalfont St Giles)
To the Lord General Cromwell
On the Proposals of Certain Ministers of the Committee
for the Propagation of the Gospel
Cromwell, our chief of men, who through a cloud
Not of war only, but detractions rude,
Guided by faith and matchless fortitude,
To peace and truth thy glorious way hast ploughed,
And on the neck of crowned Fortune proud
Hast reared God's trophies, and his work pursued,
While Darwen stream with blood of Scots imbrued,
And Dunbar field resounds thy praises loud,
And Worcester's laureate wreath. Yet much remains
To conquer still; peace hath her victories
No less renowned than war: new foes arise,
Threat'ning to bind our souls with secular chains:
Help us to save free conscience from the paw
Of hireling wolves, whose gospel is their maw.
Scheme | A BA CDDCCDBCEXXEFF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10110010 1001011010010010 100101010 10101111101 11110111 10110110 11011100111 010111101 1111001101 11111111 010111101 0110011101 1101110100 1101111101 111110111001 1111110101 111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 751 |
Words | 131 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 14 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 204 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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