Analysis of Sonnet To George Keats: Written In Sickness
John Keats 1795 (Moorgate) – 1821 (Rome)
Brother belov'd if health shall smile again,
Upon this wasted form and fever'd cheek:
If e'er returning vigour bid these weak
And languid limbs their gladsome strength regain,
Well may thy brow the placid glow retain
Of sweet content and thy pleas'd eye may speak
The conscious self applause, but should I seek
To utter what this heart can feel, Ah! vain
Were the attempt! Yet kindest friends while o'er
My couch ye bend, and watch with tenderness
The being whom your cares could e'en restore,
From the cold grasp of Death, say can you guess
The feelings which these lips can ne'er express;
Feelings, deep fix'd in grateful memory's store.
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Metre | 1001111101 0111010101 1100101111 010111101 1111010101 1110011111 0101011111 1101111111 00011101110 1111011100 01011111101 1011111111 0101111101 101101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 634 |
Words | 113 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 507 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 111 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 10, 2023
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