Analysis of To the Lady Margaret Ley
John Milton 1608 (Cheapside) – 1674 (Chalfont St Giles)
Daughter to that good Earl, one President
Of England’s Council and her Treasury,
Who lived in both unstained with gold or fee,
And left them both, more in himself content,
Till the sad breaking of that Parliament
Broke him, as that dishonest victory
At Chæronea, fatal to liberty,
Killed with report that old man eloquent,
Though later born than to have known the days
Wherein your father flourished, yet by you,
Madam, methinks I see him living yet:
So well your words his noble virtues praise
That all both judge you to relate them true
And to possess them, honoured Margaret.
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Metre | 101111110 1101000100 1101011111 0111100110 1011011100 1111010100 111101100 1101111100 1101111101 0111010111 101111101 1111110101 1111110111 010111100 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 589 |
Words | 103 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 461 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 101 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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