Analysis of On the Sea
John Keats 1795 (Moorgate) – 1821 (Rome)
It keeps eternal whisperings around
Desolate shores, and with its mighty swell
Gluts twice ten thousand Caverns, till the spell
Of Hecate leaves them their old shadowy sound.
Often 'tis in such gentle temper found,
That scarcely will the very smallest shell
Be moved for days from where it sometime fell.
When last the winds of Heaven were unbound.
Oh, ye! who have your eyeballs vexed and tired,
Feast them upon the wideness of the Sea;
Oh ye! whose ears are dinned with uproar rude,
Or fed too much with cloying melody---
Sit ye near some old Cavern's Mouth and brood,
Until ye start, as if the sea nymphs quired!
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Metre | 11010101 1001011101 1111010101 1111111001 1010110101 1101010101 111111111 1101110001 1111111010 110101101 111111111 1111110100 111111101 0111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 610 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 486 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 110 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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