This is an analysis of Comus (Excerpts) by John Milton.
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Sweet Echo, sweetest nymph that liv'st unseen…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xa b a b b b c c d d c c e e f c f d f c g g D h X h h g g b b e e i i j j h h h h k k d d D e g g e a a e i i k k i Xc
- Stanza lengths: 2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,
- Metre: 1 1101011101 011101 1110101 10010010001 1011100 1001011101 1111100101 11010101 1011 1001101 1111 1101010001 1110010001 110101011100 1 0101 1011110 1001010101 010101010 0110110101 1011101 1000101 1011 1010101 0101100 101101001 11010101 11010101 10100101 11010101 11100101 1100101 1011101 110101001 1010101 11100011 1110101 100111101 10010101 11011101 01110101 11111101 011011 11001111 11110101 1011 01010010110111 1010101 1101110101 1101001 1101010101 01011101 100101 1010101 1111101 10010101 111111 1011101 111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 52
- Lines: 161