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
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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