Analysis of To—
John Keats 1795 (Moorgate) – 1821 (Rome)
Had I a man's fair form, then might my sighs
Be echoed swiftly through that ivory shell,
Thine ear, and find thy gentle heart; so well
Would passion arm me for the enterprise:
But ah! I am no knight whose foeman dies;
No cuirass glistens on my bosom's swell;
I am no happy shepherd of the dell
Whose lips have trembled with a maiden's eyes.
Yet must I dote upon thee,—call thee sweet,
Sweeter by far than Hybla's honied roses
When steeped in dew rich to intoxication.
Ah! I will taste that dew, for me 'tis meet,
And when the moon her pallid face discloses,
I'll gather some by spells, and incantation.
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Metre | 1101111111 11010111001 1101110111 110111010 111111111 1111111 1111010101 111101011 1111011111 101111110 1101110010 1111111111 01010101010 11011100110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 599 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 466 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 112 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 10, 2023
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