Analysis of To John Keats

James Henry Leigh Hunt 1784 (Southgate, London) – 1859



'Tis well you think me truly one of those,
Whose sense discerns the loveliness of things;
For surely as I feel the bird that sings
Behind the leaves, or dawn as it up grows,
Or the rich bee rejoicing as he goes,
Or the glad issue of emerging springs,
Or overhead the glide of a dove's wings,
Or turf, or trees, or, midst of all, repose.
And surely as I feel things lovelier still,
The human look, and the harmonious form
Containing woman, and the smile in ill,
And such a heart as Charles's, wise and warm,--
As surely as all this, I see, ev'n now,
Young Keats, a flowering laurel on your brow.


Scheme ABBAABBACDCDEE
Poetic Form
Metre 1111110111 11010111 1101110111 0101111111 1011010111 1011010101 1101011011 1111111101 010111111 01010001001 0101000101 0101110101 11011111111 11010010111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 589
Words 117
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 452
Words per stanza (avg) 114
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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James Henry Leigh Hunt

James Henry Leigh Hunt, best known as Leigh Hunt, was an English critic, essayist, poet and writer. more…

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