Analysis of Lines from Endymion

John Keats 1795 (Moorgate) – 1821 (Rome)



A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:
Its loviliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing
A flowery band to bind us to the earth,
Spite of despondance, of the inhuman dearth
Of noble natures, of the gloomy days,
Of all the unhealthy and o`er-darkened ways
Made for our searching: yes, inspite of all,
Some shape of beauty moves away the pall
From our dark spirits.


Scheme AABBCCDDEEFGH
Poetic Form
Metre 01110101110 110101110 1011001111 0101011001 11110101010 1110010111 01001111101 111100101 1101010101 11001001101 1110101111 1111010101 110110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 524
Words 98
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 13
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 415
Words per stanza (avg) 96
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 10, 2023

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