Analysis of Sonnet V. To A Friend Who Sent Me Some Roses
John Keats 1795 (Moorgate) – 1821 (Rome)
As late I rambled in the happy fields,
What time the skylark shakes the tremulous dew
From his lush clover covert;—when anew
Adventurous knights take up their dinted shields;
I saw the sweetest flower wild nature yields,
A fresh-blown musk-rose; 'twas the first that threw
Its sweets upon the summer: graceful it grew
As is the wand that Queen Titania wields.
And, as I feasted on its fragrancy,
I thought the garden-rose it far excelled;
But when, O Wells! thy roses came to me,
My sense with their deliciousness was spelled:
Soft voices had they, that with tender plea
Whispered of peace, and truth, and friendliness unquelled.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111000101 1101101001 1111010101 0100111111 11010101101 0111110111 11010101011 1101110101 01110111 1101011101 1111110111 1111111 1101111101 10110101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 626 |
Words | 110 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 500 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 107 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 08, 2023
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