Analysis of Another on "On the Gunpowder Plot."
John Milton 1608 (Cheapside) – 1674 (Chalfont St Giles)
Quem modo Roma suis devoverat impia diris,
Et Styge damnarat Taenarioque sinu,
Hunc vice mutata jam tollere gestit ad astra,
Et cupit ad superos evehere usque Deos.
| Scheme | ABCA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101111 11111 111111110 11011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
| Characters | 161 |
| Words | 27 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 134 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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