Analysis of Song. I Had A Dove
John Keats 1795 (Moorgate) – 1821 (Rome)
I had a dove, and the sweet dove died;
And I have thought it died of grieving:
O, what could it grieve for? its feet were tied
With a single thread of my own hand's weaving;
Sweet little red feet, why should you die--
Why should you leave me, sweet bird, why?
You lived alone in the forest tree,
Why, pretty thing! would you not live with me?
I kiss'd you oft and gave you white peas;
Why not live sweetly, as in the green trees?
Scheme | ABABCCDDEE |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 110100111 011111110 1111111101 10101111110 110111111 11111111 110100101 1101111111 111101111 1111010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 428 |
Words | 88 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 323 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 86 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 16, 2023
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