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 |
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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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