Analysis of Sonnet XIV. Addressed To The Same (Haydon)

John Keats 1795 (Moorgate) – 1821 (Rome)



Great spirits now on earth are sojourning;
He of the cloud, the cataract, the lake,
Who on Helvellyn's summit, wide awake,
Catches his freshness from Archangel's wing:
He of the rose, the violet, the spring,
The social smile, the chain for Freedom's sake:
And lo!--whose stedfastness would never take
A meaner sound than Raphael’s whispering.
And other spirits there are standing apart
Upon the forehead of the age to come;
These, these will give the world another heart,
And other pulses. Hear ye not the hum
Of mighty workings?-------
Listen awhile ye nations, and be dumb.


Scheme ABBAABBACDCDED
Poetic Form
Metre 1101111100 1101010001 11110101 10110111 1101010001 0101011101 01111101 010111100 01010111001 0101010111 1111010101 0101011101 11010 1001110011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 584
Words 100
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 446
Words per stanza (avg) 96
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 10, 2023

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