Analysis of Lines Rhymed In A Letter From Oxford
John Keats 1795 (Moorgate) – 1821 (Rome)
I.
The Gothic looks solemn,
The plain Doric column
Supports an old Bishop and Crosier;
The mouldering arch,
Shaded o'er by a larch
Stands next door to Wilson the Hosier.
II.
Vice--that is, by turns,--
O'er pale faces mourns
The black tassell'd trencher and common hat;
The Chantry boy sings,
The Steeple-bell rings,
And as for the Chancellor--dominat.
III.
There are plenty of trees,
And plenty of ease,
And plenty of fat deer for Parsons;
And when it is venison,
Short is the benison,--
Then each on a leg or thigh fastens.
Scheme | ABBCDDC AEXFGGF AHHXXBE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1 010110 011010 01111001 011 1010101 11111001 1 11111 101101 011100101 0111 01011 01101001 1 111011 01011 010111110 0111100 1101 11101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 512 |
Words | 96 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 134 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 10, 2023
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